#40BEAE#40BEAE

#40BEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BEAE
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -38.01, -2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 38.07, 183.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.1115 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.112 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1642, 40.9697, 46.4598)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BEAE #BE4050

analogous

#40BE6F #40BEAE #408FBE

triadic

#40BEAE #AE40BE #BEAE40

tetradic

#40BEAE #6F40BE #BE4050 #8FBE40

square

#40BEAE #6F40BE #BE4050 #8FBE40

split-complementary

#40BEAE #BE408F #BE6F40

monochromatic

#21625A #319084 #40BEAE #6DCEC2 #9BDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#40BEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#40BEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BEAE

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BEAE	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40beae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2c6',
    500: '#40beae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40beae;
$custom-light: #85d2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40beae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.381,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72882,
    "c": 0.11163,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BEAE

secondary

#C99098

accent

#4F60D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BEAE

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

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