#40BA9F#40BA9F

#40BA9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.115 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BA9F
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 159)
HSL	hsl(167, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 14.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -40.12, 3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 40.30, 174.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.1142 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.115 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9282, 38.7082, 38.8991)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BA9F #BA405B

analogous

#40BA62 #40BA9F #4098BA

triadic

#40BA9F #9F40BA #BA9F40

tetradic

#40BA9F #6240BA #BA405B #98BA40

square

#40BA9F #6240BA #BA405B #98BA40

split-complementary

#40BA9F #BA4098 #BA6240

monochromatic

#215F51 #308C78 #40BA9F #6BCCB7 #99DCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#40BA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#40BA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BA9F

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BA9F	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AF9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ba9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.115 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfbb',
    500: '#40ba9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ba9f;
$custom-light: #83cfbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ba9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.721,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71435,
    "c": 0.1146,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BA9F

secondary

#C88E9B

accent

#4F6ED8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BA9F

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

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