#40BFC9#40BFC9

#40BFC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.109 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFC9
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 201)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -30.90, -15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 34.41, 206.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.1007 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.109 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2832, 42.5651, 61.8142)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFC9 #C94A40

analogous

#40C98F #40BFC9 #407AC9

triadic

#40BFC9 #C940BF #BFC940

tetradic

#40BFC9 #8F40C9 #C94A40 #7AC940

square

#40BFC9 #8F40C9 #C94A40 #7AC940

split-complementary

#40BFC9 #C9407A #C98F40

monochromatic

#1F696F #2D979F #40BFC9 #70CFD6 #9FDFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#40BFC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#40BFC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFC9

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFC9	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.109 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2d9',
    500: '#40bfc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfc9;
$custom-light: #87d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.38,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74044,
    "c": 0.10909,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFC9

secondary

#D09994

accent

#5449DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFC9

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

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