#40BEC3#40BEC3

#40BEC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.108 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BEC3
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 195)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -32.17, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 34.55, 201.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.1022 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.108 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3738, 41.8536, 58.0969)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BEC3 #C34540

analogous

#40C386 #40BEC3 #407CC3

triadic

#40BEC3 #C340BE #BEC340

tetradic

#40BEC3 #8640C3 #C34540 #7CC340

square

#40BEC3 #8640C3 #C34540 #7CC340

split-complementary

#40BEC3 #C3407C #C38640

monochromatic

#216568 #2F9397 #40BEC3 #6FCED2 #9DDEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#40BEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#40BEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BEC3

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BEC3	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.108 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d2d5',
    500: '#40bec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bec3;
$custom-light: #86d2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.29,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73585,
    "c": 0.10801,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BEC3

secondary

#CC9592

accent

#524CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BEC3

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

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