#40C4D5#40C4D5

#40C4D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.113 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4D5
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 213)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -29.76, -18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 35.23, 212.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.1007 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.113 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8593, 45.3700, 69.9107)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4D5 #D55140

analogous

#40D59C #40C4D5 #407AD5

triadic

#40C4D5 #D540C4 #C4D540

tetradic

#40C4D5 #9C40D5 #D55140 #7AD540

square

#40C4D5 #9C40D5 #D55140 #7AD540

split-complementary

#40C4D5 #D5407A #D59C40

monochromatic

#1C737F #27A1B1 #40C4D5 #72D3E0 #A4E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#40C4D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#40C4D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4D5

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4D5	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BDD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.113 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6e2',
    500: '#40c4d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4d5;
$custom-light: #89d6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.846,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75689,
    "c": 0.11349,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4D5

secondary

#D8A099

accent

#5441E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4D5

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

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