#40BEC9#40BEC9

#40BEC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.109 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BEC9
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -30.41, -15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 34.18, 207.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0996 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.109 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0658, 42.1304, 61.7417)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BEC9 #C94B40

analogous

#40C990 #40BEC9 #4079C9

triadic

#40BEC9 #C940BE #BEC940

tetradic

#40BEC9 #9040C9 #C94B40 #79C940

square

#40BEC9 #9040C9 #C94B40 #79C940

split-complementary

#40BEC9 #C94079 #C99040

monochromatic

#1F696F #2D969F #40BEC9 #70CED6 #9FDEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#40BEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#40BEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BEC9

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BEC9	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.109 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2d9',
    500: '#40bec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bec9;
$custom-light: #87d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.818,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73803,
    "c": 0.10865,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BEC9

secondary

#D09994

accent

#5549DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BEC9

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

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