#40BDB3#40BDB3

#40BDB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDB3
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -36.21, -5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 36.55, 187.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.1082 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.109 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4449, 40.7367, 49.0029)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDB3 #BD404A

analogous

#40BD75 #40BDB3 #4089BD

triadic

#40BDB3 #B340BD #BDB340

tetradic

#40BDB3 #7540BD #BD404A #89BD40

square

#40BDB3 #7540BD #BD404A #89BD40

split-complementary

#40BDB3 #BD4089 #BD7540

monochromatic

#21625C #318F88 #40BDB3 #6DCDC6 #9ADDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#40BDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDB3

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDB3	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c9',
    500: '#40bdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdb3;
$custom-light: #85d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.2,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72795,
    "c": 0.10909,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDB3

secondary

#C99094

accent

#4F5AD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDB3

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

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