#40BFAE#40BFAE

#40BFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.113 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFAE
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -38.47, -1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 38.50, 182.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.1125 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.113 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3815, 41.4044, 46.5323)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFAE #BF4051

analogous

#40BF6F #40BFAE #4090BF

triadic

#40BFAE #AE40BF #BFAE40

tetradic

#40BFAE #6F40BF #BF4051 #90BF40

square

#40BFAE #6F40BF #BF4051 #90BF40

split-complementary

#40BFAE #BF4090 #BF6F40

monochromatic

#21635A #319184 #40BFAE #6ECEC1 #9CDED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#40BFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#40BFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFAE

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFAE	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.113 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3c6',
    500: '#40bfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfae;
$custom-light: #85d3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.969,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73129,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFAE

secondary

#CA9199

accent

#4E61D9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFAE

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

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