#40BDCE#40BDCE

#40BDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.109 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDCE
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -28.44, -18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 33.95, 213.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0966 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.109 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4477, 41.9378, 64.8180)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDCE #CE5140

analogous

#40CE98 #40BDCE #4076CE

triadic

#40BDCE #CE40BD #BDCE40

tetradic

#40BDCE #9840CE #CE5140 #76CE40

square

#40BDCE #9840CE #CE5140 #76CE40

split-complementary

#40BDCE #CE4076 #CE9840

monochromatic

#1E6B75 #2B97A6 #40BDCE #71CEDA #A1DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#40BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#40BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDCE

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDCE	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.109 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1dd',
    500: '#40bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdce;
$custom-light: #87d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.183,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7375,
    "c": 0.10946,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDCE

secondary

#D49E96

accent

#5845E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDCE

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

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