#40BDCC#40BDCC

#40BDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.109 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDCC
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -29.04, -17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 33.93, 211.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0974 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.109 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2063, 41.8412, 63.5465)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDCC #CC4F40

analogous

#40CC95 #40BDCC #4077CC

triadic

#40BDCC #CC40BD #BDCC40

tetradic

#40BDCC #9540CC #CC4F40 #77CC40

square

#40BDCC #9540CC #CC4F40 #77CC40

split-complementary

#40BDCC #CC4077 #CC9540

monochromatic

#1F6A73 #2C96A3 #40BDCC #70CED9 #A1DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#40BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#40BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDCC

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDCC	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.109 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1db',
    500: '#40bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdcc;
$custom-light: #87d1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73675,
    "c": 0.10891,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDCC

secondary

#D29C95

accent

#5747E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDCC

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

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