#40BDC7#40BDC7

#40BDC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.108 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDC7
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 199)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -30.52, -15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 34.03, 206.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0995 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.108 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6163, 41.6052, 60.4388)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDC7 #C74A40

analogous

#40C78D #40BDC7 #407AC7

triadic

#40BDC7 #C740BD #BDC740

tetradic

#40BDC7 #8D40C7 #C74A40 #7AC740

square

#40BDC7 #8D40C7 #C74A40 #7AC740

split-complementary

#40BDC7 #C7407A #C78D40

monochromatic

#20676D #2E949C #40BDC7 #6FCDD5 #9FDEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#40BDC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#40BDC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDC7

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDC7	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.108 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1d8',
    500: '#40bdc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdc7;
$custom-light: #87d1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73488,
    "c": 0.1079,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDC7

secondary

#CF9894

accent

#554ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDC7

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

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