#40BFAD#40BFAD

#40BFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.113 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFAD
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 173)
HSL	hsl(171, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 9.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -38.73, -1.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 38.75, 181.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.1129 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.113 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2844, 41.3656, 46.0208)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFAD #BF4052

analogous

#40BF6D #40BFAD #4092BF

triadic

#40BFAD #AD40BF #BFAD40

tetradic

#40BFAD #6D40BF #BF4052 #92BF40

square

#40BFAD #6D40BF #BF4052 #92BF40

split-complementary

#40BFAD #BF4092 #BF6D40

monochromatic

#21635A #319183 #40BFAD #6ECEC1 #9CDED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#40BFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#40BFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFAD

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFAD	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.113 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3c5',
    500: '#40bfad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfad;
$custom-light: #85d3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.496,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73098,
    "c": 0.113,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFAD

secondary

#CA9199

accent

#4E62D9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFAD

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

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