#40BDD3#40BDD3

#40BDD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.111 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDD3
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 211)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 10.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -26.92, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 34.15, 217.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0946 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.111 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0648, 42.1846, 68.0679)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDD3 #D35640

analogous

#40D3A0 #40BDD3 #4074D3

triadic

#40BDD3 #D340BD #BDD340

tetradic

#40BDD3 #A040D3 #D35640 #74D340

square

#40BDD3 #A040D3 #D35640 #74D340

split-complementary

#40BDD3 #D34074 #D3A040

monochromatic

#1D6E7C #289AAE #40BDD3 #72CEDE #A3DFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#40BDD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#40BDD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDD3

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDD3	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.111 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1e0',
    500: '#40bdd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdd3;
$custom-light: #88d1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.98,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73944,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDD3

secondary

#D7A198

accent

#5B42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDD3

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

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