#40BE9F#40BE9F

#40BE9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.119 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BE9F
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 159)
HSL	hsl(165, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 16.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -41.88, 5.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 42.25, 172.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.1184 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.119 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7827, 40.4171, 39.1840)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BE9F #BE405F

analogous

#40BE60 #40BE9F #409EBE

triadic

#40BE9F #9F40BE #BE9F40

tetradic

#40BE9F #6040BE #BE405F #9EBE40

square

#40BE9F #6040BE #BE405F #9EBE40

split-complementary

#40BE9F #BE409E #BE6040

monochromatic

#216252 #319079 #40BE9F #6DCEB6 #9BDDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#40BE9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#40BE9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BE9F

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BE9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BE9F	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B29E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40be9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.119 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2bb',
    500: '#40be9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40be9f;
$custom-light: #84d2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40be9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.238,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72436,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BE9F

secondary

#C9909E

accent

#4F71D9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BE9F

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

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