#40BED5#40BED5

#40BED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.112 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BED5
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 213)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -26.81, -21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 34.40, 218.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0947 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.112 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5329, 42.7172, 69.4686)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BED5 #D55740

analogous

#40D5A2 #40BED5 #4074D5

triadic

#40BED5 #D540BE #BED540

tetradic

#40BED5 #A240D5 #D55740 #74D540

square

#40BED5 #A240D5 #D55740 #74D540

split-complementary

#40BED5 #D54074 #D5A240

monochromatic

#1C6F7F #279CB1 #40BED5 #72CFE0 #A4E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#40BED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#40BED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BED5

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BED5	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.112 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2e2',
    500: '#40bed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bed5;
$custom-light: #88d2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.262,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7426,
    "c": 0.11213,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BED5

secondary

#D8A399

accent

#5A41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BED5

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

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