#40BED4#40BED4

#40BED4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.112 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BED4
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 212)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 10.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -27.11, -21.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 34.33, 217.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0951 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.112 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4064, 42.6666, 68.8022)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BED4 #D45640

analogous

#40D4A0 #40BED4 #4074D4

triadic

#40BED4 #D440BE #BED440

tetradic

#40BED4 #A040D4 #D45640 #74D440

square

#40BED4 #A040D4 #D45640 #74D440

split-complementary

#40BED4 #D44074 #D4A040

monochromatic

#1C6F7D #279BAF #40BED4 #72CFDF #A4E0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#40BED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#40BED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BED4

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BED4	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.112 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2e1',
    500: '#40bed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bed4;
$custom-light: #88d2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.919,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74221,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BED4

secondary

#D7A298

accent

#5A42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BED4

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

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