#40BED6#40BED6

#40BED6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.113 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BED6
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 214)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -26.50, -22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 34.47, 219.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0943 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.113 213)
XYZ	xyz(32.6603, 42.7682, 70.1391)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BED6 #D65840

analogous

#40D6A3 #40BED6 #4073D6

triadic

#40BED6 #D640BE #BED640

tetradic

#40BED6 #A340D6 #D65840 #73D640

square

#40BED6 #A340D6 #D65840 #73D640

split-complementary

#40BED6 #D64073 #D6A340

monochromatic

#1B7080 #269CB2 #40BED6 #72CFE1 #A5E0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#40BED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#40BED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BED6

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BED6	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.113 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2e2',
    500: '#40bed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bed6;
$custom-light: #88d2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.743,
    "c": 0.11255,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.42772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BED6

secondary

#D9A399

accent

#5B40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BED6

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

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