#40BFA6#40BFA6

#40BFA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFA6
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 166)
HSL	hsl(168, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 13.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -40.56, 2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 40.63, 176.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.1162 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.116 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6247, 41.1017, 42.5465)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFA6 #BF4059

analogous

#40BF67 #40BFA6 #4098BF

triadic

#40BFA6 #A640BF #BFA640

tetradic

#40BFA6 #6740BF #BF4059 #98BF40

square

#40BFA6 #6740BF #BF4059 #98BF40

split-complementary

#40BFA6 #BF4098 #BF6740

monochromatic

#216356 #31917E #40BFA6 #6ECEBB #9CDED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#40BFA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#40BFA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFA6

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFA6	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B3A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3c0',
    500: '#40bfa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfa6;
$custom-light: #84d3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.189,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72887,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFA6

secondary

#CA919C

accent

#4E6AD9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFA6

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

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