#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
RGBrgb(64, 189, 204)
HSLhsl(186, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(186, 69%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(68.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(70.76, -29.04, -17.55)
CIE-LCHlch(70.76, 33.93, 211.15°)
OKLaboklab(73.68% -0.0974 -0.0487)
OKLCHoklch(73.68% 0.109 206.6)
XYZxyz(31.2063, 41.8412, 63.5465)
Luminance0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##40BDCC1.002.249.379.37
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3721.001.001.00
##0000009.3721.001.001.00

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

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#40BDCC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva