#40BC8E#40BC8E

#40BC8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.129 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BC8E
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 142)
HSL	hsl(158, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 24.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -45.06, 13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 47.03, 163.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.1243 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.129 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9775, 39.0067, 31.7986)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BC8E #BC406E

analogous

#40BC50 #40BC8E #40ACBC

triadic

#40BC8E #8E40BC #BC8E40

tetradic

#40BC8E #5040BC #BC406E #ACBC40

square

#40BC8E #5040BC #BC406E #ACBC40

split-complementary

#40BC8E #BC40AC #BC5040

monochromatic

#216149 #308E6C #40BC8E #6CCDA9 #9ADDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#40BC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#40BC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BC8E

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BC8E	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AF8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A391

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bc8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.129 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1af',
    500: '#40bc8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bc8e;
$custom-light: #83d1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bc8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.742,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7148,
    "c": 0.12894,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BC8E

secondary

#C98FA5

accent

#4F82D9

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BC8E

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

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