#40BA9D#40BA9D

#40BA9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.116 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BA9D
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 157)
HSL	hsl(166, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 15.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -40.62, 4.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 40.91, 173.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.1151 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.116 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7561, 38.6393, 37.9925)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BA9D #BA405D

analogous

#40BA60 #40BA9D #409ABA

triadic

#40BA9D #9D40BA #BA9D40

tetradic

#40BA9D #6040BA #BA405D #9ABA40

square

#40BA9D #6040BA #BA405D #9ABA40

split-complementary

#40BA9D #BA409A #BA6040

monochromatic

#215F50 #308C77 #40BA9D #6BCCB5 #99DCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#40BA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#40BA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BA9D

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BA9D	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ba9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.116 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfb9',
    500: '#40ba9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ba9d;
$custom-light: #83cfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ba9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.738,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71378,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BA9D

secondary

#C88E9C

accent

#4F70D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BA9D

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

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