#40BFBF#40BFBF

#40BFBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.109 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFBF
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 191)
HSL	hsl(180, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -33.79, -10.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 35.28, 196.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.1049 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.109 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1449, 42.1098, 55.8194)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFBF #BF4040

analogous

#40BF80 #40BFBF #407FBF

triadic

#40BFBF #BF40BF #BFBF40

tetradic

#40BFBF #7F40BF #BF4040 #80BF40

square

#40BFBF #7F40BF #BF4040 #80BF40

split-complementary

#40BFBF #BF4080 #BF8040

monochromatic

#216363 #319191 #40BFBF #6ECECE #9CDEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#40BFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#40BFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFBF

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFBF	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA8C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.109 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d3d2',
    500: '#40bfbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfbf;
$custom-light: #86d3d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73687,
    "c": 0.10866,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFBF

secondary

#CA9191

accent

#4E4ED9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFBF

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

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