#40BCA4#40BCA4

#40BCA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCA4
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 164)
HSL	hsl(168, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -39.73, 2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 39.79, 176.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.114 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.114 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7952, 39.7338, 41.3720)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCA4 #BC4058

analogous

#40BC66 #40BCA4 #4096BC

triadic

#40BCA4 #A440BC #BCA440

tetradic

#40BCA4 #6640BC #BC4058 #96BC40

square

#40BCA4 #6640BC #BC4058 #96BC40

split-complementary

#40BCA4 #BC4096 #BC6640

monochromatic

#216154 #308E7C #40BCA4 #6CCDBA #9ADDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#40BCA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#40BCA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCA4

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCA4	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1be',
    500: '#40bca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bca4;
$custom-light: #84d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.387,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72081,
    "c": 0.11409,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCA4

secondary

#C98F9A

accent

#4F6AD9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCA4

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

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