#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
RGB	rgb(64, 195, 212)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -29.57, -18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 35.05, 212.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.1001 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.113 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5080, 44.8698, 69.1694)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##40C3D4	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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