#40BFA0#40BFA0

#40BFA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.120 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFA0
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 160)
HSL	hsl(165, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 16.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -42.07, 5.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 42.43, 172.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.1189 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.12 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0872, 40.8867, 39.7153)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFA0 #BF405F

analogous

#40BF60 #40BFA0 #409FBF

triadic

#40BFA0 #A040BF #BFA040

tetradic

#40BFA0 #6040BF #BF405F #9FBF40

square

#40BFA0 #6040BF #BF405F #9FBF40

split-complementary

#40BFA0 #BF409F #BF6040

monochromatic

#216353 #31917A #40BFA0 #6ECEB7 #9CDECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#40BFA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#40BFA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFA0

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFA0	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B39F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.120 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3bc',
    500: '#40bfa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfa0;
$custom-light: #84d3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.354,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72714,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFA0

secondary

#CA919F

accent

#4E70D9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFA0

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

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