#40BC9E#40BC9E

#40BC9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BC9E
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -41.25, 5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 41.58, 172.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.1168 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.118 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2661, 39.5222, 38.5854)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BC9E #BC405E

analogous

#40BC60 #40BC9E #409CBC

triadic

#40BC9E #9E40BC #BC9E40

tetradic

#40BC9E #6040BC #BC405E #9CBC40

square

#40BC9E #6040BC #BC405E #9CBC40

split-complementary

#40BC9E #BC409C #BC6040

monochromatic

#216151 #308E78 #40BC9E #6CCDB6 #9ADDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#40BC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#40BC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BC9E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BC9E	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)

#B6B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1ba',
    500: '#40bc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bc9e;
$custom-light: #84d1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.484,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71907,
    "c": 0.11751,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BC9E

secondary

#C98F9D

accent

#4F70D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BC9E

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

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