#40BDB4#40BDB4

#40BDB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDB4
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -35.93, -5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 36.35, 188.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.1077 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.109 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5464, 40.7773, 49.5375)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDB4 #BD4049

analogous

#40BD76 #40BDB4 #4088BD

triadic

#40BDB4 #B440BD #BDB440

tetradic

#40BDB4 #7640BD #BD4049 #88BD40

square

#40BDB4 #7640BD #BD4049 #88BD40

split-complementary

#40BDB4 #BD4088 #BD7640

monochromatic

#21625D #318F88 #40BDB4 #6DCDC7 #9ADDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#40BDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#40BDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDB4

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDB4	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1ca',
    500: '#40bdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdb4;
$custom-light: #85d1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.68,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72828,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDB4

secondary

#C99094

accent

#4F59D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDB4

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

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