#40BDCD#40BDCD

#40BDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.109 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDCD
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -28.74, -18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 33.93, 212.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.097 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.109 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3267, 41.8894, 64.1802)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDCD #CD5040

analogous

#40CD97 #40BDCD #4076CD

triadic

#40BDCD #CD40BD #BDCD40

tetradic

#40BDCD #9740CD #CD5040 #76CD40

square

#40BDCD #9740CD #CD5040 #76CD40

split-complementary

#40BDCD #CD4076 #CD9740

monochromatic

#1E6A74 #2B97A5 #40BDCD #71CEDA #A1DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#40BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#40BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDCD

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDCD	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.109 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1dc',
    500: '#40bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdcd;
$custom-light: #87d1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.809,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73712,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDCD

secondary

#D39D96

accent

#5846E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDCD

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

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