#40BC96#40BC96

#40BC96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.123 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BC96
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 150)
HSL	hsl(162, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -43.20, 9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 44.20, 167.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.1205 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.123 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5998, 39.2556, 35.0762)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BC96 #BC4066

analogous

#40BC58 #40BC96 #40A4BC

triadic

#40BC96 #9640BC #BC9640

tetradic

#40BC96 #5840BC #BC4066 #A4BC40

square

#40BC96 #5840BC #BC4066 #A4BC40

split-complementary

#40BC96 #BC40A4 #BC5840

monochromatic

#21614D #308E72 #40BC96 #6CCDAF #9ADDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#40BC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#40BC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BC96

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BC96	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.123 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1b4',
    500: '#40bc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bc96;
$custom-light: #83d1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.613,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71687,
    "c": 0.12285,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BC96

secondary

#C98FA1

accent

#4F79D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BC96

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

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