#40BDB2#40BDB2

#40BDB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDB2
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -36.48, -4.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 36.76, 187.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.1086 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.109 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3441, 40.6964, 48.4722)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDB2 #BD404B

analogous

#40BD74 #40BDB2 #408ABD

triadic

#40BDB2 #B240BD #BDB240

tetradic

#40BDB2 #7440BD #BD404B #8ABD40

square

#40BDB2 #7440BD #BD404B #8ABD40

split-complementary

#40BDB2 #BD408A #BD7440

monochromatic

#21625C #318F87 #40BDB2 #6DCDC5 #9ADDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#40BDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDB2

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDB2	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c9',
    500: '#40bdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdb2;
$custom-light: #85d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.72,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72763,
    "c": 0.10937,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDB2

secondary

#C99095

accent

#4F5BD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDB2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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