#40BDCB#40BDCB

#40BDCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.109 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDCB
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -29.33, -17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 33.93, 210.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0978 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.109 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0868, 41.7934, 62.9169)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDCB #CB4E40

analogous

#40CB93 #40BDCB #4078CB

triadic

#40BDCB #CB40BD #BDCB40

tetradic

#40BDCB #9340CB #CB4E40 #78CB40

square

#40BDCB #9340CB #CB4E40 #78CB40

split-complementary

#40BDCB #CB4078 #CB9340

monochromatic

#1F6972 #2C96A2 #40BDCB #70CED8 #A0DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#40BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#40BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDCB

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDCB	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.109 205.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.043,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73637,
    "c": 0.10866,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDCB

secondary

#D29B95

accent

#5747E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDCB

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

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