#40BDB9#40BDB9

#40BDB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.108 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDB9
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -34.54, -8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 35.47, 193.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.1055 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.108 192)
XYZ	xyz(29.0649, 40.9847, 52.2686)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDB9 #BD4044

analogous

#40BD7B #40BDB9 #4083BD

triadic

#40BDB9 #B940BD #BDB940

tetradic

#40BDB9 #7B40BD #BD4044 #83BD40

square

#40BDB9 #7B40BD #BD4044 #83BD40

split-complementary

#40BDB9 #BD4083 #BD7B40

monochromatic

#21625F #318F8C #40BDB9 #6DCDCA #9ADDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#40BDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#40BDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDB9

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDB9	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.108 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1ce',
    500: '#40bdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdb9;
$custom-light: #85d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.08,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72994,
    "c": 0.10786,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.40988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDB9

secondary

#C99092

accent

#4F53D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDB9

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

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