#40BDB7#40BDB7

#40BDB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.108 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDB7
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 183)
HSL	hsl(177, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -35.10, -7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 35.80, 191.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.1064 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.108 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8553, 40.9008, 51.1645)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDB7 #BD4046

analogous

#40BD79 #40BDB7 #4085BD

triadic

#40BDB7 #B740BD #BDB740

tetradic

#40BDB7 #7940BD #BD4046 #85BD40

square

#40BDB7 #7940BD #BD4046 #85BD40

split-complementary

#40BDB7 #BD4085 #BD7940

monochromatic

#21625E #318F8B #40BDB7 #6DCDC9 #9ADDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#40BDB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#40BDB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDB7

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDB7	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.108 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1cc',
    500: '#40bdb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdb7;
$custom-light: #85d1cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.12,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72927,
    "c": 0.10819,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDB7

secondary

#C99093

accent

#4F55D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDB7

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

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