#40BEC8#40BEC8

#40BEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.108 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BEC8
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 200)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -30.71, -15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 34.22, 206.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.1001 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.109 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9486, 42.0835, 61.1242)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BEC8 #C84A40

analogous

#40C88E #40BEC8 #407AC8

triadic

#40BEC8 #C840BE #BEC840

tetradic

#40BEC8 #8E40C8 #C84A40 #7AC840

square

#40BEC8 #8E40C8 #C84A40 #7AC840

split-complementary

#40BEC8 #C8407A #C88E40

monochromatic

#20686E #2D959D #40BEC8 #70CED6 #9FDEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#40BEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#40BEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BEC8

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BEC8	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.108 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2d8',
    500: '#40bec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bec8;
$custom-light: #87d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.412,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73766,
    "c": 0.1085,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BEC8

secondary

#D09894

accent

#5449DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BEC8

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

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