#40BC97#40BC97

#40BC97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.122 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BC97
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 151)
HSL	hsl(162, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -42.96, 8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 43.86, 168.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.12 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.122 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6806, 39.2880, 35.5021)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BC97 #BC4065

analogous

#40BC59 #40BC97 #40A3BC

triadic

#40BC97 #9740BC #BC9740

tetradic

#40BC97 #5940BC #BC4065 #A3BC40

square

#40BC97 #5940BC #BC4065 #A3BC40

split-complementary

#40BC97 #BC40A3 #BC5940

monochromatic

#21614E #308E72 #40BC97 #6CCDB0 #9ADDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#40BC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#40BC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BC97

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BC97	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.122 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1b5',
    500: '#40bc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bc97;
$custom-light: #83d1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.097,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71714,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BC97

secondary

#C98FA0

accent

#4F78D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BC97

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

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