#40BB9D#40BB9D

#40BB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.117 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BB9D
RGB	rgb(64, 187, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -41.06, 5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 41.40, 172.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.1162 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.117 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9675, 39.0621, 38.0630)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BB9D #BB405E

analogous

#40BB60 #40BB9D #409CBB

triadic

#40BB9D #9D40BB #BB9D40

tetradic

#40BB9D #6040BB #BB405E #9CBB40

square

#40BB9D #6040BB #BB405E #9CBB40

split-complementary

#40BB9D #BB409C #BB6040

monochromatic

#216050 #308D77 #40BB9D #6CCDB5 #99DCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#40BB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#40BB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BB9D

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BB9D	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A39F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 187, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.117 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0b9',
    500: '#40bb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bb9d;
$custom-light: #83d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.366,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71628,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BB9D

secondary

#C88F9D

accent

#4F71D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BB9D

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

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