#40BDB5#40BDB5

#40BDB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.109 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDB5
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -35.66, -6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 36.16, 189.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.1073 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.109 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6486, 40.8182, 50.0759)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDB5 #BD4048

analogous

#40BD77 #40BDB5 #4087BD

triadic

#40BDB5 #B540BD #BDB540

tetradic

#40BDB5 #7740BD #BD4048 #87BD40

square

#40BDB5 #7740BD #BD4048 #87BD40

split-complementary

#40BDB5 #BD4087 #BD7740

monochromatic

#21625D #318F89 #40BDB5 #6DCDC7 #9ADDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#40BDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#40BDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDB5

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDB5	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)

#B3B3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.109 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1cb',
    500: '#40bdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdb5;
$custom-light: #85d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.16,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72861,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDB5

secondary

#C99093

accent

#4F58D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDB5

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

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