#40BEC5#40BEC5

#40BEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.108 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BEC5
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -31.59, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 34.40, 203.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.1013 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.108 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6014, 41.9446, 59.2958)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BEC5 #C54740

analogous

#40C589 #40BEC5 #407BC5

triadic

#40BEC5 #C540BE #BEC540

tetradic

#40BEC5 #8940C5 #C54740 #7BC540

square

#40BEC5 #8940C5 #C54740 #7BC540

split-complementary

#40BEC5 #C5407B #C58940

monochromatic

#20666A #2F9499 #40BEC5 #6FCED3 #9EDEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#40BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#40BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BEC5

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BEC5	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.108 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2d6',
    500: '#40bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bec5;
$custom-light: #87d2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73657,
    "c": 0.10815,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BEC5

secondary

#CE9693

accent

#534BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BEC5

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

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