#40BCA9#40BCA9

#40BCA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCA9
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(171, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -38.43, -0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 38.44, 180.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.1117 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.112 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2556, 39.9180, 43.7969)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCA9 #BC4053

analogous

#40BC6B #40BCA9 #4091BC

triadic

#40BCA9 #A940BC #BCA940

tetradic

#40BCA9 #6B40BC #BC4053 #91BC40

square

#40BCA9 #6B40BC #BC4053 #91BC40

split-complementary

#40BCA9 #BC4091 #BC6B40

monochromatic

#216157 #308E80 #40BCA9 #6CCDBE #9ADDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#40BCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#40BCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCA9

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCA9	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1c2',
    500: '#40bca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bca9;
$custom-light: #84d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.806,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72232,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCA9

secondary

#C98F98

accent

#4F64D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCA9

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

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