#40BCAF#40BCAF

#40BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCAF
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -36.83, -3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 36.99, 185.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.1089 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.109 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8318, 40.1485, 46.8318)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCAF #BC404D

analogous

#40BC71 #40BCAF #408BBC

triadic

#40BCAF #AF40BC #BCAF40

tetradic

#40BCAF #7140BC #BC404D #8BBC40

square

#40BCAF #7140BC #BC404D #8BBC40

split-complementary

#40BCAF #BC408B #BC7140

monochromatic

#21615A #308E85 #40BCAF #6CCDC3 #9ADDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#40BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#40BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCAF

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCAF	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 185.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.71,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7242,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCAF

secondary

#C98F95

accent

#4F5DD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCAF

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

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