#40BC9D#40BC9D

#40BC9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BC9D
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -41.50, 5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 41.90, 172.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.1172 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.118 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1804, 39.4879, 38.1339)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BC9D #BC405F

analogous

#40BC5F #40BC9D #409DBC

triadic

#40BC9D #9D40BC #BC9D40

tetradic

#40BC9D #5F40BC #BC405F #9DBC40

square

#40BC9D #5F40BC #BC405F #9DBC40

split-complementary

#40BC9D #BC409D #BC5F40

monochromatic

#216151 #308E77 #40BC9D #6CCDB5 #9ADDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#40BC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#40BC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BC9D

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BC9D	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1b9',
    500: '#40bc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bc9d;
$custom-light: #84d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71879,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BC9D

secondary

#C98F9E

accent

#4F71D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BC9D

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

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