#40BDC4#40BDC4

#40BDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.108 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDC4
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 196)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -31.40, -13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 34.20, 203.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.1008 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.108 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2714, 41.4673, 58.6225)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDC4 #C44740

analogous

#40C489 #40BDC4 #407BC4

triadic

#40BDC4 #C440BD #BDC440

tetradic

#40BDC4 #8940C4 #C44740 #7BC440

square

#40BDC4 #8940C4 #C44740 #7BC440

split-complementary

#40BDC4 #C4407B #C48940

monochromatic

#206569 #2F9298 #40BDC4 #6FCDD2 #9EDDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#40BDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#40BDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDC4

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDC4	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)

#AFB5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.108 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1d5',
    500: '#40bdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdc4;
$custom-light: #86d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.182,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73379,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDC4

secondary

#CD9693

accent

#534CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDC4

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

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