#40BDD5#40BDD5

#40BDD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.112 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDD5
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 213)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -26.31, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 34.30, 219.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0938 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.112 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3171, 42.2856, 69.3966)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDD5 #D55840

analogous

#40D5A2 #40BDD5 #4073D5

triadic

#40BDD5 #D540BD #BDD540

tetradic

#40BDD5 #A240D5 #D55840 #73D540

square

#40BDD5 #A240D5 #D55840 #73D540

split-complementary

#40BDD5 #D54073 #D5A240

monochromatic

#1C6F7F #279BB1 #40BDD5 #72CEE0 #A4E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#40BDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#40BDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDD5

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDD5	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.112 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1e2',
    500: '#40bdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bdd5;
$custom-light: #88d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.664,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74023,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDD5

secondary

#D8A399

accent

#5C41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDD5

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

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