#40BC9F#40BC9F

#40BC9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.117 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40BC9F
RGBrgb(64, 188, 159)
HSLhsl(166, 49%, 49%)
HSVhsv(166, 66%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.15, -41.00, 4.73)
CIE-LCHlch(69.15, 41.27, 173.42°)
OKLaboklab(71.94% -0.1163 0.0119)
OKLCHoklch(71.94% 0.117 174.2)
XYZxyz(26.3525, 39.5567, 39.0406)
Luminance0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40BC9F #BC405D
analogous
#40BC61 #40BC9F #409BBC
triadic
#40BC9F #9F40BC #BC9F40
tetradic
#40BC9F #6140BC #BC405D #9BBC40
square
#40BC9F #6140BC #BC405D #9BBC40
split-complementary
#40BC9F #BC409B #BC6140
monochromatic
#216152 #308E78 #40BC9F #6CCDB6 #9ADDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36
#40BC9F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91
#40BC9F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BC9F
8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40BC9F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40BC9F1.002.368.918.91
#FFFFFF2.361.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9121.001.001.00
##0000008.9121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6B09E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4A4A1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40bc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.117 174.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1bb',
    500: '#40bc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40bc9f;
$custom-light: #84d1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40bc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.968,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71936,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40BC9F
secondary
#C98F9D
accent
#4F6FD9
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F9F6
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8280

Preview Lab

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#40BC9F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva