#40BFA1#40BFA1

#40BFA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.119 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFA1
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 161)
HSL	hsl(166, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 15.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -41.82, 5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 42.12, 173.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.1185 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.119 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1750, 40.9218, 40.1778)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFA1 #BF405E

analogous

#40BF62 #40BFA1 #409DBF

triadic

#40BFA1 #A140BF #BFA140

tetradic

#40BFA1 #6240BF #BF405E #9DBF40

square

#40BFA1 #6240BF #BF405E #9DBF40

split-complementary

#40BFA1 #BF409D #BF6240

monochromatic

#216354 #31917A #40BFA1 #6ECEB8 #9CDECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#40BFA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#40BFA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFA1

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFA1	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)

#B9B3A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.119 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3bc',
    500: '#40bfa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfa1;
$custom-light: #84d3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.827,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72742,
    "c": 0.11916,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFA1

secondary

#CA919E

accent

#4E6FD9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFA1

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

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