#40BECF#40BECF

#40BECF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.110 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BECF
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 207)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -28.63, -18.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 34.13, 213.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0972 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.11 208)
XYZ	xyz(31.7855, 42.4182, 65.5317)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BECF #CF5140

analogous

#40CF98 #40BECF #4076CF

triadic

#40BECF #CF40BE #BECF40

tetradic

#40BECF #9840CF #CF5140 #76CF40

square

#40BECF #9840CF #CF5140 #76CF40

split-complementary

#40BECF #CF4076 #CF9840

monochromatic

#1E6C77 #2A99A8 #40BECF #71CFDB #A2DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#40BECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#40BECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BECF

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BECF	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40becf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.110 208.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40becf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.133,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74028,
    "c": 0.11004,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.42422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BECF

secondary

#D49E97

accent

#5845E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BECF

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

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