#40BDCF#40BDCF

#40BDCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.110 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDCF
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -28.13, -19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 33.97, 214.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0962 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.11 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5696, 41.9866, 65.4598)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDCF #CF5240

analogous

#40CF99 #40BDCF #4076CF

triadic

#40BDCF #CF40BD #BDCF40

tetradic

#40BDCF #9940CF #CF5240 #76CF40

square

#40BDCF #9940CF #CF5240 #76CF40

split-complementary

#40BDCF #CF4076 #CF9940

monochromatic

#1E6C77 #2A98A8 #40BDCF #71CEDB #A2DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#40BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#40BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDCF

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDCF	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.110 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1dd',
    500: '#40bdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdcf;
$custom-light: #88d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.552,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73789,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDCF

secondary

#D49E97

accent

#5945E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDCF

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

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