#40BDCA#40BDCA

#40BDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.108 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDCA
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -29.63, -16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 33.94, 209.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0982 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.108 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9680, 41.7459, 62.2913)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDCA #CA4D40

analogous

#40CA92 #40BDCA #4078CA

triadic

#40BDCA #CA40BD #BDCA40

tetradic

#40BDCA #9240CA #CA4D40 #78CA40

square

#40BDCA #9240CA #CA4D40 #78CA40

split-complementary

#40BDCA #CA4078 #CA9240

monochromatic

#1F6970 #2C95A0 #40BDCA #70CED7 #A0DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#40BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#40BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDCA

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDCA	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.108 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1da',
    500: '#40bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdca;
$custom-light: #87d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.652,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73599,
    "c": 0.10845,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDCA

secondary

#D19A95

accent

#5648E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDCA

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

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