#40BCA2#40BCA2

#40BCA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.115 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCA2
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(167, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -40.24, 3.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 40.37, 175.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.1149 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.115 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6160, 39.6621, 40.4283)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCA2 #BC405A

analogous

#40BC64 #40BCA2 #4098BC

triadic

#40BCA2 #A240BC #BCA240

tetradic

#40BCA2 #6440BC #BC405A #98BC40

square

#40BCA2 #6440BC #BC405A #98BC40

split-complementary

#40BCA2 #BC4098 #BC6440

monochromatic

#216153 #308E7B #40BCA2 #6CCDB9 #9ADDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#40BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#40BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCA2

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCA2	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.115 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1bd',
    500: '#40bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bca2;
$custom-light: #84d1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.419,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72022,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCA2

secondary

#C98F9B

accent

#4F6CD9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCA2

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

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