#40BDC5#40BDC5

#40BDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.108 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDC5
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 4.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -31.11, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 34.14, 204.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.1003 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.108 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3856, 41.5129, 59.2239)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDC5 #C54840

analogous

#40C58A #40BDC5 #407AC5

triadic

#40BDC5 #C540BD #BDC540

tetradic

#40BDC5 #8A40C5 #C54840 #7AC540

square

#40BDC5 #8A40C5 #C54840 #7AC540

split-complementary

#40BDC5 #C5407A #C58A40

monochromatic

#20666A #2F9399 #40BDC5 #6FCDD3 #9EDDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#40BDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#40BDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDC5

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDC5	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.108 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1d6',
    500: '#40bdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdc5;
$custom-light: #87d1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.609,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73415,
    "c": 0.10765,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDC5

secondary

#CE9793

accent

#544BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDC5

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

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