#40BF9F#40BF9F

#40BF9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.120 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BF9F
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 159)
HSL	hsl(165, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 16.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -42.32, 6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 42.75, 171.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.1194 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.12 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0000, 40.8518, 39.2564)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BF9F #BF4060

analogous

#40BF60 #40BF9F #409FBF

triadic

#40BF9F #9F40BF #BF9F40

tetradic

#40BF9F #6040BF #BF4060 #9FBF40

square

#40BF9F #6040BF #BF4060 #9FBF40

split-complementary

#40BF9F #BF409F #BF6040

monochromatic

#216353 #319179 #40BF9F #6ECEB6 #9CDECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#40BF9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#40BF9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BF9F

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BF9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BF9F	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bf9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.120 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3bb',
    500: '#40bf9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bf9f;
$custom-light: #84d3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bf9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.882,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72686,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BF9F

secondary

#CA919F

accent

#4E71D9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BF9F

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

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