#40BFB2#40BFB2

#40BFB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.111 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFB2
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 178)
HSL	hsl(174, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 6.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -37.40, -3.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 37.57, 185.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.1107 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.111 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7773, 41.5627, 48.6166)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFB2 #BF404D

analogous

#40BF72 #40BFB2 #408DBF

triadic

#40BFB2 #B240BF #BFB240

tetradic

#40BFB2 #7240BF #BF404D #8DBF40

square

#40BFB2 #7240BF #BF404D #8DBF40

split-complementary

#40BFB2 #BF408D #BF7240

monochromatic

#21635D #319187 #40BFB2 #6ECEC4 #9CDED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#40BFB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#40BFB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFB2

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFB2	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B5B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.111 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3c9',
    500: '#40bfb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfb2;
$custom-light: #85d3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.858,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73255,
    "c": 0.11116,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFB2

secondary

#CA9197

accent

#4E5DD9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFB2

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

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