#40BC9A#40BC9A

#40BC9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.120 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40BC9A
RGBrgb(64, 188, 154)
HSLhsl(164, 49%, 49%)
HSVhsv(164, 66%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 0%, 18.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.03, -42.24, 7.29)
CIE-LCHlch(69.03, 42.86, 170.21°)
OKLaboklab(71.8% -0.1186 0.0186)
OKLCHoklch(71.8% 0.12 171.1)
XYZxyz(25.9274, 39.3867, 36.8016)
Luminance0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40BC9A #BC4062
analogous
#40BC5C #40BC9A #40A0BC
triadic
#40BC9A #9A40BC #BC9A40
tetradic
#40BC9A #5C40BC #BC4062 #A0BC40
square
#40BC9A #5C40BC #BC4062 #A0BC40
split-complementary
#40BC9A #BC40A0 #BC5C40
monochromatic
#21614F #308E75 #40BC9A #6CCDB2 #9ADDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#40BC9A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88
#40BC9A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BC9A
8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40BC9A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40BC9A1.002.378.888.88
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8821.001.001.00
##0000008.8821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7B098
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5A39C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40bc9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.120 171.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1b7',
    500: '#40bc9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40bc9a;
$custom-light: #83d1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40bc9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.548,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71795,
    "c": 0.12008,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40BC9A
secondary
#C98F9F
accent
#4F75D9
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F9F6
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8280

Preview Lab

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#40BC9A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva