#40BFB6#40BFB6

#40BFB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.110 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFB6
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 182)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 4.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -36.31, -5.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 36.74, 188.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.1089 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.11 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1848, 41.7257, 50.7627)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFB6 #BF4049

analogous

#40BF76 #40BFB6 #4089BF

triadic

#40BFB6 #B640BF #BFB640

tetradic

#40BFB6 #7640BF #BF4049 #89BF40

square

#40BFB6 #7640BF #BF4049 #89BF40

split-complementary

#40BFB6 #BF4089 #BF7640

monochromatic

#21635F #31918A #40BFB6 #6ECEC8 #9CDED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#40BFB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#40BFB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFB6

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFB6	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.110 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3cb',
    500: '#40bfb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfb6;
$custom-light: #85d3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.748,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73384,
    "c": 0.11003,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFB6

secondary

#CA9195

accent

#4E58D9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFB6

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

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