#40C3D4#40C3D4

#40C3D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.113 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40C3D4
RGBrgb(64, 195, 212)
HSLhsl(187, 63%, 54%)
HSVhsv(187, 70%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(69.8%, 8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(72.81, -29.57, -18.81)
CIE-LCHlch(72.81, 35.05, 212.47°)
OKLaboklab(75.41% -0.1001 -0.0523)
OKLCHoklch(75.41% 0.113 207.6)
XYZxyz(33.5080, 44.8698, 69.1694)
Luminance0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40C3D4 #D45140
analogous
#40D49B #40C3D4 #4079D4
triadic
#40C3D4 #D440C3 #C3D440
tetradic
#40C3D4 #9B40D4 #D45140 #79D440
square
#40C3D4 #9B40D4 #D45140 #79D440
split-complementary
#40C3D4 #D44079 #D49B40
monochromatic
#1C727D #27A0AF #40C3D4 #72D3DF #A4E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11
#40C3D4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97
#40C3D4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C3D4
9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40C3D4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40C3D41.002.119.979.97
#FFFFFF2.111.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9721.001.001.00
##0000009.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2BCD5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DACD4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CCC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40c3d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 195, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.113 207.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5e1',
    500: '#40c3d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40c3d4;
$custom-light: #89d5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40c3d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.892,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75413,
    "c": 0.11292,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40C3D4
secondary
#D7A098
accent
#5442E6
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFB
border
#CBD3D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C3D4

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#40C3D4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva