#40BCA5#40BCA5

#40BCA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCA5
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(169, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -39.48, 1.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 39.51, 177.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.1135 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.114 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8858, 39.7701, 41.8495)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCA5 #BC4057

analogous

#40BC67 #40BCA5 #4095BC

triadic

#40BCA5 #A540BC #BCA540

tetradic

#40BCA5 #6740BC #BC4057 #95BC40

square

#40BCA5 #6740BC #BC4057 #95BC40

split-complementary

#40BCA5 #BC4095 #BC6740

monochromatic

#216155 #308E7D #40BCA5 #6CCDBB #9ADDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#40BCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#40BCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCA5

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCA5	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)

#B5B1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1bf',
    500: '#40bca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bca5;
$custom-light: #84d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.871,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72111,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCA5

secondary

#C98F9A

accent

#4F69D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCA5

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

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