#40C3DC#40C3DC

#40C3DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.116 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C3DC
RGB	rgb(64, 195, 220)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 11.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -27.14, -22.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 35.41, 219.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0969 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.116 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5422, 45.2835, 74.6164)
Luminance	0.4529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C3DC #DC5940

analogous

#40DCA7 #40C3DC #4075DC

triadic

#40C3DC #DC40C3 #C3DC40

tetradic

#40C3DC #A740DC #DC5940 #75DC40

square

#40C3DC #A740DC #DC5940 #75DC40

split-complementary

#40C3DC #DC4075 #DCA740

monochromatic

#197789 #23A4BC #40C3DC #74D3E5 #A7E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#40C3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#40C3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C3DC

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C3DC	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 195, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.116 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad5e7',
    500: '#40c3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c3dc;
$custom-light: #8ad5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.615,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75723,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C3DC

secondary

#DCA69B

accent

#583CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C3DC

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

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