#40BCA0#40BCA0

#40BCA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCA0
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 160)
HSL	hsl(166, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -40.75, 4.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 40.97, 174.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.1158 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.116 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4396, 39.5916, 39.4994)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCA0 #BC405C

analogous

#40BC62 #40BCA0 #409ABC

triadic

#40BCA0 #A040BC #BCA040

tetradic

#40BCA0 #6240BC #BC405C #9ABC40

square

#40BCA0 #6240BC #BC405C #9ABC40

split-complementary

#40BCA0 #BC409A #BC6240

monochromatic

#216152 #308E79 #40BCA0 #6CCDB7 #9ADDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#40BCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#40BCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCA0

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCA0	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1bc',
    500: '#40bca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bca0;
$custom-light: #84d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.452,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71964,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCA0

secondary

#C98F9C

accent

#4F6ED9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCA0

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

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