#40BCB9#40BCB9

#40BCB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.107 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCB9
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -34.07, -8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 35.12, 193.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.1045 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.107 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8506, 40.5560, 52.1971)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCB9 #BC4043

analogous

#40BC7B #40BCB9 #4081BC

triadic

#40BCB9 #B940BC #BCB940

tetradic

#40BCB9 #7B40BC #BC4043 #81BC40

square

#40BCB9 #7B40BC #BC4043 #81BC40

split-complementary

#40BCB9 #BC4081 #BC7B40

monochromatic

#21615F #308E8C #40BCB9 #6CCDCB #9ADDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#40BCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCB9

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCB9	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.107 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0ce',
    500: '#40bcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bcb9;
$custom-light: #85d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.548,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7275,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCB9

secondary

#C98F91

accent

#4F52D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCB9

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

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