#40BEC4#40BEC4

#40BEC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.108 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BEC4
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 196)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -31.88, -13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 34.47, 202.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.1018 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.108 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4872, 41.8990, 58.6944)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BEC4 #C44640

analogous

#40C488 #40BEC4 #407CC4

triadic

#40BEC4 #C440BE #BEC440

tetradic

#40BEC4 #8840C4 #C44640 #7CC440

square

#40BEC4 #8840C4 #C44640 #7CC440

split-complementary

#40BEC4 #C4407C #C48840

monochromatic

#206669 #2F9398 #40BEC4 #6FCED2 #9EDEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#40BEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#40BEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BEC4

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BEC4	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.108 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2d5',
    500: '#40bec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bec4;
$custom-light: #87d2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73621,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BEC4

secondary

#CD9593

accent

#524CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BEC4

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

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