#40BEA4#40BEA4

#40BEA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.116 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BEA4
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 164)
HSL	hsl(168, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 13.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -40.62, 3.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 40.74, 175.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.116 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.116 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2254, 40.5942, 41.5154)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BEA4 #BE405A

analogous

#40BE65 #40BEA4 #4099BE

triadic

#40BEA4 #A440BE #BEA440

tetradic

#40BEA4 #6540BE #BE405A #99BE40

square

#40BEA4 #6540BE #BE405A #99BE40

split-complementary

#40BEA4 #BE4099 #BE6540

monochromatic

#216255 #31907C #40BEA4 #6DCEBA #9BDDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BEA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#40BEA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BEA4

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BEA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BEA4	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.116 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2be',
    500: '#40bea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bea4;
$custom-light: #84d2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.619,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72579,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BEA4

secondary

#C9909C

accent

#4F6BD9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BEA4

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

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