#40C3D5#40C3D5

#40C3D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.113 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40C3D5
RGBrgb(64, 195, 213)
HSLhsl(187, 64%, 54%)
HSVhsv(187, 70%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 8.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(72.84, -29.27, -19.31)
CIE-LCHlch(72.84, 35.06, 213.41°)
OKLaboklab(75.45% -0.0997 -0.0537)
OKLCHoklch(75.45% 0.113 208.3)
XYZxyz(33.6345, 44.9204, 69.8358)
Luminance0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40C3D5 #D55240
analogous
#40D59C #40C3D5 #4079D5
triadic
#40C3D5 #D540C3 #C3D540
tetradic
#40C3D5 #9C40D5 #D55240 #79D540
square
#40C3D5 #9C40D5 #D55240 #79D540
split-complementary
#40C3D5 #D54079 #D59C40
monochromatic
#1C737F #27A0B1 #40C3D5 #72D3E0 #A4E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10
#40C3D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98
#40C3D5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C3D5
9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40C3D5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40C3D51.002.109.989.98
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9821.001.001.00
##0000009.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2BCD6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DACD5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CCC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40c3d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 195, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.113 208.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5e2',
    500: '#40c3d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40c3d5;
$custom-light: #89d5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40c3d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.248,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75451,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40C3D5
secondary
#D8A099
accent
#5541E7
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFB
border
#CBD3D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C3D5

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

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#40C3D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva