#40BE9D#40BE9D

#40BE9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.120 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BE9D
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 157)
HSL	hsl(164, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 17.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -42.37, 6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 42.89, 171.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.1193 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.12 172)
XYZ	xyz(26.6106, 40.3483, 38.2773)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BE9D #BE4061

analogous

#40BE5E #40BE9D #40A0BE

triadic

#40BE9D #9D40BE #BE9D40

tetradic

#40BE9D #5E40BE #BE4061 #A0BE40

square

#40BE9D #5E40BE #BE4061 #A0BE40

split-complementary

#40BE9D #BE40A0 #BE5E40

monochromatic

#216251 #319077 #40BE9D #6DCEB5 #9BDDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#40BE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#40BE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BE9D

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BE9D	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40be9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.120 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2b9',
    500: '#40be9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40be9d;
$custom-light: #84d2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40be9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.286,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7238,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.40351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BE9D

secondary

#C9909F

accent

#4F73D9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BE9D

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

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