#40BDBE#40BDBE

#40BDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.107 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDBE
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -33.13, -10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 34.77, 197.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.1033 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.107 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6021, 41.1995, 55.0974)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDBE #BE4140

analogous

#40BE80 #40BDBE #407EBE

triadic

#40BDBE #BE40BD #BDBE40

tetradic

#40BDBE #8040BE #BE4140 #7EBE40

square

#40BDBE #8040BE #BE4140 #7EBE40

split-complementary

#40BDBE #BE407E #BE8040

monochromatic

#216262 #318F90 #40BDBE #6DCDCE #9BDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#40BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#40BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDBE

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDBE	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.107 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1d1',
    500: '#40bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdbe;
$custom-light: #86d1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.476,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73166,
    "c": 0.1074,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDBE

secondary

#C99190

accent

#504FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDBE

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

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