#40BDC8#40BDC8

#40BDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.108 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDC8
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -30.22, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 33.99, 207.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0991 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.108 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7327, 41.6518, 61.0523)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDC8 #C84B40

analogous

#40C88F #40BDC8 #4079C8

triadic

#40BDC8 #C840BD #BDC840

tetradic

#40BDC8 #8F40C8 #C84B40 #79C840

square

#40BDC8 #8F40C8 #C84B40 #79C840

split-complementary

#40BDC8 #C84079 #C88F40

monochromatic

#20686E #2D949D #40BDC8 #70CDD6 #9FDEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#40BDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#40BDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDC8

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDC8	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.108 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1d8',
    500: '#40bdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdc8;
$custom-light: #87d1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.853,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73525,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDC8

secondary

#D09994

accent

#5549DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDC8

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

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