#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
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(166, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -41.00, 4.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 41.27, 173.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.1163 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.117 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3525, 39.5567, 39.0406)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##40BC9F	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #40BC9F

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

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