#40BEB5#40BEB5

#40BEB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.109 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BEB5
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 4.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -36.12, -5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 36.55, 188.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.1083 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.109 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8645, 41.2499, 50.1479)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BEB5 #BE4049

analogous

#40BE76 #40BEB5 #4088BE

triadic

#40BEB5 #B540BE #BEB540

tetradic

#40BEB5 #7640BE #BE4049 #88BE40

square

#40BEB5 #7640BE #BE4049 #88BE40

split-complementary

#40BEB5 #BE4088 #BE7640

monochromatic

#21625E #319089 #40BEB5 #6DCEC7 #9BDDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#40BEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#40BEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BEB5

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BEB5	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B4B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40beb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.109 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2cb',
    500: '#40beb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40beb5;
$custom-light: #85d2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40beb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73106,
    "c": 0.10944,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BEB5

secondary

#C99094

accent

#4F59D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BEB5

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

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