#40BCA7#40BCA7

#40BCA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCA7
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 167)
HSL	hsl(170, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 11.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -38.96, 0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 38.96, 179.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.1126 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.113 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0693, 39.8435, 42.8157)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCA7 #BC4055

analogous

#40BC69 #40BCA7 #4093BC

triadic

#40BCA7 #A740BC #BCA740

tetradic

#40BCA7 #6940BC #BC4055 #93BC40

square

#40BCA7 #6940BC #BC4055 #93BC40

split-complementary

#40BCA7 #BC4093 #BC6940

monochromatic

#216156 #308E7E #40BCA7 #6CCDBD #9ADDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#40BCA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#40BCA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCA7

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCA7	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1c1',
    500: '#40bca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bca7;
$custom-light: #84d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.839,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72171,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCA7

secondary

#C98F99

accent

#4F66D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCA7

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

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