#40BECD#40BECD

#40BECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.110 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BECD
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -29.23, -17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 34.11, 211.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.098 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.11 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5425, 42.3211, 64.2522)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BECD #CD4F40

analogous

#40CD95 #40BECD #4077CD

triadic

#40BECD #CD40BE #BECD40

tetradic

#40BECD #9540CD #CD4F40 #77CD40

square

#40BECD #9540CD #CD4F40 #77CD40

split-complementary

#40BECD #CD4077 #CD9540

monochromatic

#1E6B74 #2B98A5 #40BECD #71CFDA #A1DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#40BECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#40BECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BECD

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BECD	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40becd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.110 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2dc',
    500: '#40becd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40becd;
$custom-light: #87d2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40becd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.383,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73952,
    "c": 0.1095,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BECD

secondary

#D39C96

accent

#5746E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BECD

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

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