#40BECE#40BECE

#40BECE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.110 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BECE
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -28.93, -18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 34.12, 212.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0976 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.11 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6636, 42.3695, 64.8899)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BECE #CE5040

analogous

#40CE97 #40BECE #4077CE

triadic

#40BECE #CE40BE #BECE40

tetradic

#40BECE #9740CE #CE5040 #77CE40

square

#40BECE #9740CE #CE5040 #77CE40

split-complementary

#40BECE #CE4077 #CE9740

monochromatic

#1E6C75 #2B98A6 #40BECE #71CFDA #A1DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#40BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#40BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BECE

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BECE	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)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.110 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2dd',
    500: '#40bece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bece;
$custom-light: #88d2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.761,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7399,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BECE

secondary

#D49D96

accent

#5745E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BECE

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

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