#40BDC2#40BDC2

#40BDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.107 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDC2
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 194)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -31.98, -12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 34.36, 201.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.1016 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.107 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0453, 41.3768, 57.4315)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDC2 #C24540

analogous

#40C286 #40BDC2 #407CC2

triadic

#40BDC2 #C240BD #BDC240

tetradic

#40BDC2 #8640C2 #C24540 #7CC240

square

#40BDC2 #8640C2 #C24540 #7CC240

split-complementary

#40BDC2 #C2407C #C28640

monochromatic

#216467 #309195 #40BDC2 #6ECDD1 #9DDDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#40BDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#40BDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDC2

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDC2	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.107 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1d4',
    500: '#40bdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdc2;
$custom-light: #86d1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.308,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73307,
    "c": 0.10741,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDC2

secondary

#CC9492

accent

#524DDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDC2

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

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