#40BFA8#40BFA8

#40BFA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.115 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFA8
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 168)
HSL	hsl(169, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 12%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -40.04, 1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 40.07, 177.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.1152 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.115 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8096, 41.1756, 43.5203)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFA8 #BF4057

analogous

#40BF69 #40BFA8 #4096BF

triadic

#40BFA8 #A840BF #BFA840

tetradic

#40BFA8 #6940BF #BF4057 #96BF40

square

#40BFA8 #6940BF #BF4057 #96BF40

split-complementary

#40BFA8 #BF4096 #BF6940

monochromatic

#216357 #319180 #40BFA8 #6ECEBD #9CDED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#40BFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#40BFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFA8

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFA8	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.115 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3c1',
    500: '#40bfa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfa8;
$custom-light: #85d3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.134,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72946,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFA8

secondary

#CA919B

accent

#4E68D9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFA8

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

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