#40BC9C#40BC9C

#40BC9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.119 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BC9C
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -41.75, 6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 42.22, 171.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.1177 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.119 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0953, 39.4539, 37.6861)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BC9C #BC4060

analogous

#40BC5E #40BC9C #409EBC

triadic

#40BC9C #9C40BC #BC9C40

tetradic

#40BC9C #5E40BC #BC4060 #9EBC40

square

#40BC9C #5E40BC #BC4060 #9EBC40

split-complementary

#40BC9C #BC409E #BC5E40

monochromatic

#216150 #308E76 #40BC9C #6CCDB4 #9ADDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#40BC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#40BC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BC9C

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BC9C	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.119 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1b9',
    500: '#40bc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bc9c;
$custom-light: #84d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.516,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71851,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BC9C

secondary

#C98F9E

accent

#4F73D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BC9C

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

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