#40BCAD#40BCAD

#40BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCAD
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -37.37, -2.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 37.45, 183.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.1098 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.11 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6369, 40.0705, 45.8049)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCAD #BC404F

analogous

#40BC6F #40BCAD #408DBC

triadic

#40BCAD #AD40BC #BCAD40

tetradic

#40BCAD #6F40BC #BC404F #8DBC40

square

#40BCAD #6F40BC #BC404F #8DBC40

split-complementary

#40BCAD #BC408D #BC6F40

monochromatic

#216159 #308E83 #40BCAD #6CCDC1 #9ADDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#40BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#40BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCAD

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B3B2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1c5',
    500: '#40bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcad;
$custom-light: #84d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.742,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72356,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCAD

secondary

#C98F96

accent

#4F60D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCAD

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

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