#40BA9C#40BA9C

#40BA9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.116 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BA9C
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 16.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -40.87, 5.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 41.22, 172.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.1156 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.116 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6710, 38.6053, 37.5447)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BA9C #BA405E

analogous

#40BA5F #40BA9C #409BBA

triadic

#40BA9C #9C40BA #BA9C40

tetradic

#40BA9C #5F40BA #BA405E #9BBA40

square

#40BA9C #5F40BA #BA405E #9BBA40

split-complementary

#40BA9C #BA409B #BA5F40

monochromatic

#215F50 #308C76 #40BA9C #6BCCB4 #99DCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#40BA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#40BA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BA9C

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BA9C	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ba9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.116 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfb9',
    500: '#40ba9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ba9c;
$custom-light: #83cfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ba9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.246,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71349,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BA9C

secondary

#C88E9C

accent

#4F71D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BA9C

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

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