#40BDC3#40BDC3

#40BDC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.107 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDC3
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 195)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -31.69, -13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 34.28, 202.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.1012 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.107 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1579, 41.4219, 58.0250)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDC3 #C34640

analogous

#40C387 #40BDC3 #407BC3

triadic

#40BDC3 #C340BD #BDC340

tetradic

#40BDC3 #8740C3 #C34640 #7BC340

square

#40BDC3 #8740C3 #C34640 #7BC340

split-complementary

#40BDC3 #C3407B #C38740

monochromatic

#216568 #2F9297 #40BDC3 #6FCDD2 #9DDDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#40BDC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#40BDC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDC3

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDC3	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.107 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1d5',
    500: '#40bdc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdc3;
$custom-light: #86d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.748,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73343,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDC3

secondary

#CC9592

accent

#534CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDC3

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

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