#40BDBF#40BDBF

#40BDBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.107 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDBF
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -32.84, -11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 34.65, 198.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.1029 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.107 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7117, 41.2434, 55.6750)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDBF #BF4240

analogous

#40BF82 #40BDBF #407DBF

triadic

#40BDBF #BF40BD #BDBF40

tetradic

#40BDBF #8240BF #BF4240 #7DBF40

square

#40BDBF #8240BF #BF4240 #7DBF40

split-complementary

#40BDBF #BF407D #BF8240

monochromatic

#216263 #319091 #40BDBF #6ECDCE #9CDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#40BDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#40BDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDBF

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDBF	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.107 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1d2',
    500: '#40bdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdbf;
$custom-light: #86d1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.945,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73201,
    "c": 0.10737,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDBF

secondary

#CA9291

accent

#514ED9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDBF

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

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