#40BDBC#40BDBC

#40BDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.108 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDBC
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -33.70, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 35.02, 195.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.1042 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.108 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3850, 41.1127, 53.9541)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDBC #BD4041

analogous

#40BD7E #40BDBC #4080BD

triadic

#40BDBC #BC40BD #BDBC40

tetradic

#40BDBC #7E40BD #BD4041 #80BD40

square

#40BDBC #7E40BD #BD4041 #80BD40

split-complementary

#40BDBC #BD4080 #BD7E40

monochromatic

#216261 #318F8F #40BDBC #6DCDCD #9ADDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#40BDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#40BDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDBC

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDBC	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.108 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1d0',
    500: '#40bdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdbc;
$custom-light: #86d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.52,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73097,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDBC

secondary

#C99090

accent

#4F50D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDBC

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

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