#40BFA5#40BFA5

#40BFA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFA5
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 165)
HSL	hsl(168, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -40.81, 2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 40.92, 175.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.1166 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.117 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5334, 41.0651, 42.0653)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFA5 #BF405A

analogous

#40BF66 #40BFA5 #4099BF

triadic

#40BFA5 #A540BF #BFA540

tetradic

#40BFA5 #6640BF #BF405A #99BF40

square

#40BFA5 #6640BF #BF405A #99BF40

split-complementary

#40BFA5 #BF4099 #BF6640

monochromatic

#216356 #31917D #40BFA5 #6ECEBB #9CDED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#40BFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#40BFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFA5

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFA5	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3bf',
    500: '#40bfa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfa5;
$custom-light: #84d3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.717,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72858,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFA5

secondary

#CA919D

accent

#4E6BD9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFA5

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

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