#40BEC6#40BEC6

#40BEC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.108 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BEC6
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 198)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -31.29, -14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 34.33, 204.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.1009 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.108 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7164, 41.9906, 59.9013)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BEC6 #C64840

analogous

#40C68B #40BEC6 #407BC6

triadic

#40BEC6 #C640BE #BEC640

tetradic

#40BEC6 #8B40C6 #C64840 #7BC640

square

#40BEC6 #8B40C6 #C64840 #7BC640

split-complementary

#40BEC6 #C6407B #C68B40

monochromatic

#20676C #2E949B #40BEC6 #6FCED4 #9EDEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#40BEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#40BEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BEC6

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BEC6	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.108 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2d7',
    500: '#40bec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bec6;
$custom-light: #87d2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.582,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73693,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BEC6

secondary

#CE9793

accent

#534ADD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BEC6

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

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