#40BCAE#40BCAE

#40BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCAE
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -37.10, -2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 37.22, 184.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.1094 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.11 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7340, 40.1093, 46.3164)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCAE #BC404E

analogous

#40BC70 #40BCAE #408CBC

triadic

#40BCAE #AE40BC #BCAE40

tetradic

#40BCAE #7040BC #BC404E #8CBC40

square

#40BCAE #7040BC #BC404E #8CBC40

split-complementary

#40BCAE #BC408C #BC7040

monochromatic

#216159 #308E84 #40BCAE #6CCDC2 #9ADDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#40BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#40BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCAE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCAE	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c6',
    500: '#40bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcae;
$custom-light: #85d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.226,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72388,
    "c": 0.10972,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCAE

secondary

#C98F96

accent

#4F5FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCAE

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

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