#40BFC4#40BFC4

#40BFC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.109 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFC4
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 196)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -32.36, -12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 34.75, 201.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.1028 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.109 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7046, 42.3336, 58.7668)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFC4 #C44540

analogous

#40C487 #40BFC4 #407DC4

triadic

#40BFC4 #C440BF #BFC440

tetradic

#40BFC4 #8740C4 #C44540 #7DC440

square

#40BFC4 #8740C4 #C44540 #7DC440

split-complementary

#40BFC4 #C4407D #C48740

monochromatic

#206669 #2F9498 #40BFC4 #6FCFD2 #9EDEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#40BFC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#40BFC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFC4

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFC4	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.109 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2d5',
    500: '#40bfc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfc4;
$custom-light: #87d2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.273,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73863,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFC4

secondary

#CD9593

accent

#514CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFC4

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

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