#40BE9E#40BE9E

#40BE9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.120 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BE9E
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 16.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -42.13, 6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 42.57, 171.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.1188 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.12 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6963, 40.3826, 38.7288)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BE9E #BE4060

analogous

#40BE5F #40BE9E #409FBE

triadic

#40BE9E #9E40BE #BE9E40

tetradic

#40BE9E #5F40BE #BE4060 #9FBE40

square

#40BE9E #5F40BE #BE4060 #9FBE40

split-complementary

#40BE9E #BE409F #BE5F40

monochromatic

#216252 #319078 #40BE9E #6DCEB5 #9BDDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#40BE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#40BE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BE9E

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BE9E	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B29C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40be9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.120 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2ba',
    500: '#40be9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40be9e;
$custom-light: #84d2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40be9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.762,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72408,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BE9E

secondary

#C9909F

accent

#4F72D9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BE9E

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

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