#40BB9E#40BB9E

#40BB9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.116 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BB9E
RGB	rgb(64, 187, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -40.81, 4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 41.09, 173.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.1157 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.116 174)
XYZ	xyz(26.0532, 39.0964, 38.5144)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BB9E #BB405D

analogous

#40BB61 #40BB9E #409BBB

triadic

#40BB9E #9E40BB #BB9E40

tetradic

#40BB9E #6140BB #BB405D #9BBB40

square

#40BB9E #6140BB #BB405D #9BBB40

split-complementary

#40BB9E #BB409B #BB6140

monochromatic

#216051 #308D77 #40BB9E #6CCDB6 #99DCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#40BB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#40BB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BB9E

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BB9E	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 187, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.116 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0ba',
    500: '#40bb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bb9e;
$custom-light: #83d0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.854,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71657,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.39099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BB9E

secondary

#C88F9C

accent

#4F70D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BB9E

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

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