#40BDBD#40BDBD

#40BDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.107 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDBD
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -33.41, -10.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 34.89, 196.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.1038 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.107 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4931, 41.1560, 54.5238)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDBD #BD4040

analogous

#40BD7F #40BDBD #407FBD

triadic

#40BDBD #BD40BD #BDBD40

tetradic

#40BDBD #7F40BD #BD4040 #7FBD40

square

#40BDBD #7F40BD #BD4040 #7FBD40

split-complementary

#40BDBD #BD407F #BD7F40

monochromatic

#216262 #318F8F #40BDBD #6DCDCD #9ADDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#40BDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#40BDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDBD

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDBD	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.107 195.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73131,
    "c": 0.10745,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDBD

secondary

#C99090

accent

#4F4FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDBD

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

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