#40BFC5#40BFC5

#40BFC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.109 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFC5
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -32.07, -13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 34.66, 202.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.1023 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.109 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8188, 42.3793, 59.3683)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFC5 #C54640

analogous

#40C588 #40BFC5 #407CC5

triadic

#40BFC5 #C540BF #BFC540

tetradic

#40BFC5 #8840C5 #C54640 #7CC540

square

#40BFC5 #8840C5 #C54640 #7CC540

split-complementary

#40BFC5 #C5407C #C58840

monochromatic

#20676A #2F9499 #40BFC5 #6FCFD3 #9EDEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#40BFC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#40BFC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFC5

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFC5	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.109 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2d6',
    500: '#40bfc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfc5;
$custom-light: #87d2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.707,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73899,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFC5

secondary

#CE9693

accent

#524BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFC5

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

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