#40BEA9#40BEA9

#40BEA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.114 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BEA9
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -39.33, 0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 39.34, 179.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.1137 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.114 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6858, 40.7784, 43.9403)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BEA9 #BE4055

analogous

#40BE6A #40BEA9 #4094BE

triadic

#40BEA9 #A940BE #BEA940

tetradic

#40BEA9 #6A40BE #BE4055 #94BE40

square

#40BEA9 #6A40BE #BE4055 #94BE40

split-complementary

#40BEA9 #BE4094 #BE6A40

monochromatic

#216258 #319080 #40BEA9 #6DCEBE #9BDDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#40BEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#40BEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BEA9

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BEA9	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.114 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2c2',
    500: '#40bea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bea9;
$custom-light: #84d2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72728,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BEA9

secondary

#C9909A

accent

#4F66D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BEA9

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

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