#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
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 154)
HSL	hsl(164, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(164, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 18.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -42.24, 7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 42.86, 170.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.1186 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.12 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9274, 39.3867, 36.8016)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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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
##40BC9A	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #40BC9A

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

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