#40BEC0#40BEC0

#40BEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.108 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BEC0
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 192)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -33.03, -11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 34.85, 198.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.1035 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.108 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0380, 41.7193, 56.3285)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BEC0 #C04240

analogous

#40C082 #40BEC0 #407EC0

triadic

#40BEC0 #C040BE #BEC040

tetradic

#40BEC0 #8240C0 #C04240 #7EC040

square

#40BEC0 #8240C0 #C04240 #7EC040

split-complementary

#40BEC0 #C0407E #C08240

monochromatic

#216364 #309192 #40BEC0 #6ECECF #9CDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#40BEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#40BEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BEC0

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BEC0	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.108 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d2d3',
    500: '#40bec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bec0;
$custom-light: #86d2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.938,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73479,
    "c": 0.10798,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BEC0

secondary

#CB9291

accent

#504EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BEC0

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

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