#40BEC1#40BEC1

#40BEC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.108 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BEC1
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 193)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -32.74, -11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 34.74, 199.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.103 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.108 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1492, 41.7637, 56.9140)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BEC1 #C14340

analogous

#40C183 #40BEC1 #407EC1

triadic

#40BEC1 #C140BE #BEC140

tetradic

#40BEC1 #8340C1 #C14340 #7EC140

square

#40BEC1 #8340C1 #C14340 #7EC140

split-complementary

#40BEC1 #C1407E #C18340

monochromatic

#216466 #309194 #40BEC1 #6ECED0 #9CDDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#40BEC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#40BEC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BEC1

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BEC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BEC1	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.108 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d2d3',
    500: '#40bec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bec1;
$custom-light: #86d2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.395,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73514,
    "c": 0.10797,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BEC1

secondary

#CB9392

accent

#514DDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BEC1

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

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