#40BDBA#40BDBA

#40BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.108 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDBA
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -34.26, -8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 35.31, 194.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.1051 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.108 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1709, 41.0271, 52.8265)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDBA #BD4043

analogous

#40BD7C #40BDBA #4082BD

triadic

#40BDBA #BA40BD #BDBA40

tetradic

#40BDBA #7C40BD #BD4043 #82BD40

square

#40BDBA #7C40BD #BD4043 #82BD40

split-complementary

#40BDBA #BD4082 #BD7C40

monochromatic

#216260 #318F8D #40BDBA #6DCDCB #9ADDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#40BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#40BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDBA

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDBA	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.108 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1ce',
    500: '#40bdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdba;
$custom-light: #86d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.56,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73028,
    "c": 0.10773,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDBA

secondary

#C99091

accent

#4F52D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDBA

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

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