#40BDC0#40BDC0

#40BDC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.107 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDC0
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 192)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 1.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -32.56, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 34.55, 199.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.1025 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.107 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8222, 41.2876, 56.2565)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDC0 #C04340

analogous

#40C083 #40BDC0 #407DC0

triadic

#40BDC0 #C040BD #BDC040

tetradic

#40BDC0 #8340C0 #C04340 #7DC040

square

#40BDC0 #8340C0 #C04340 #7DC040

split-complementary

#40BDC0 #C0407D #C08340

monochromatic

#216364 #309092 #40BDC0 #6ECDCF #9CDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#40BDC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#40BDC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDC0

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDC0	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.107 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1d3',
    500: '#40bdc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdc0;
$custom-light: #86d1d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.406,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73236,
    "c": 0.10736,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDC0

secondary

#CB9391

accent

#514EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDC0

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

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