#40C0D8#40C0D8

#40C0D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.114 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C0D8
RGB	rgb(64, 192, 216)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 11.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -26.88, -22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 34.82, 219.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0955 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.114 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3534, 43.7433, 71.6379)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C0D8 #D85840

analogous

#40D8A4 #40C0D8 #4074D8

triadic

#40C0D8 #D840C0 #C0D840

tetradic

#40C0D8 #A440D8 #D85840 #74D840

square

#40C0D8 #A440D8 #D85840 #74D840

split-complementary

#40C0D8 #D84074 #D8A440

monochromatic

#1B7283 #259FB6 #40C0D8 #73D1E2 #A6E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#40C0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#40C0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C0D8

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C0D8	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AAD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 192, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.114 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3e4',
    500: '#40c0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c0d8;
$custom-light: #89d3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74854,
    "c": 0.11366,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C0D8

secondary

#DAA49A

accent

#5A3FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C0D8

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

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