#40BFB9#40BFB9

#40BFB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.109 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFB9
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 185)
HSL	hsl(177, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 3.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -35.48, -7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 36.19, 191.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.1076 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.109 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4981, 41.8510, 52.4130)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFB9 #BF4046

analogous

#40BF79 #40BFB9 #4086BF

triadic

#40BFB9 #B940BF #BFB940

tetradic

#40BFB9 #7940BF #BF4046 #86BF40

square

#40BFB9 #7940BF #BF4046 #86BF40

split-complementary

#40BFB9 #BF4086 #BF7940

monochromatic

#216360 #31918D #40BFB9 #6ECECA #9CDEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#40BFB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#40BFB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFB9

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFB9	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.109 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d3ce',
    500: '#40bfb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfb9;
$custom-light: #86d3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.165,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73484,
    "c": 0.10939,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFB9

secondary

#CA9194

accent

#4E55D9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFB9

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

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