#40BDD4#40BDD4

#40BDD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.112 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDD4
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 212)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -26.62, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 34.22, 218.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0942 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.112 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1906, 42.2349, 68.7302)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDD4 #D45740

analogous

#40D4A1 #40BDD4 #4073D4

triadic

#40BDD4 #D440BD #BDD440

tetradic

#40BDD4 #A140D4 #D45740 #73D440

square

#40BDD4 #A140D4 #D45740 #73D440

split-complementary

#40BDD4 #D44073 #D4A140

monochromatic

#1C6E7D #279AAF #40BDD4 #72CEDF #A4E0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#40BDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#40BDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDD4

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDD4	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.112 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1e1',
    500: '#40bdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdd4;
$custom-light: #88d1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.324,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73983,
    "c": 0.11157,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDD4

secondary

#D7A298

accent

#5B42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDD4

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

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