#40BEA5#40BEA5

#40BEA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.116 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BEA5
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 165)
HSL	hsl(168, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -40.37, 2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 40.45, 176.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.1156 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.116 177)
XYZ	xyz(27.3160, 40.6305, 41.9929)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BEA5 #BE4059

analogous

#40BE66 #40BEA5 #4098BE

triadic

#40BEA5 #A540BE #BEA540

tetradic

#40BEA5 #6640BE #BE4059 #98BE40

square

#40BEA5 #6640BE #BE4059 #98BE40

split-complementary

#40BEA5 #BE4098 #BE6640

monochromatic

#216255 #31907D #40BEA5 #6DCEBB #9BDDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#40BEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#40BEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BEA5

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BEA5	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.116 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2bf',
    500: '#40bea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bea5;
$custom-light: #84d2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.095,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72609,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.40634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BEA5

secondary

#C9909C

accent

#4F6AD9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BEA5

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

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