#40BFA9#40BFA9

#40BFA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.115 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFA9
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -39.78, 0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 39.79, 178.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.1148 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.115 179)
XYZ	xyz(27.9032, 41.2131, 44.0128)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFA9 #BF4056

analogous

#40BF69 #40BFA9 #4096BF

triadic

#40BFA9 #A940BF #BFA940

tetradic

#40BFA9 #6940BF #BF4056 #96BF40

square

#40BFA9 #6940BF #BF4056 #96BF40

split-complementary

#40BFA9 #BF4096 #BF6940

monochromatic

#216358 #319180 #40BFA9 #6ECEBE #9CDED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#40BFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#40BFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFA9

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFA9	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)

#B7B4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.115 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3c2',
    500: '#40bfa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfa9;
$custom-light: #85d3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.606,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72976,
    "c": 0.1148,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.41216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFA9

secondary

#CA919B

accent

#4E67D9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFA9

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

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