#40BCAC#40BCAC

#40BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCAC
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -37.64, -1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 37.69, 182.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.1103 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.11 183)
XYZ	xyz(27.5405, 40.0319, 45.2972)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCAC #BC4050

analogous

#40BC6E #40BCAC #408EBC

triadic

#40BCAC #AC40BC #BCAC40

tetradic

#40BCAC #6E40BC #BC4050 #8EBC40

square

#40BCAC #6E40BC #BC4050 #8EBC40

split-complementary

#40BCAC #BC408E #BC6E40

monochromatic

#216158 #308E82 #40BCAC #6CCDC1 #9ADDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#40BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#40BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCAC

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCAC	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1c4',
    500: '#40bcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcac;
$custom-light: #84d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.258,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72325,
    "c": 0.11045,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.40035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCAC

secondary

#C98F97

accent

#4F61D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCAC

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

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