#40C4DB#40C4DB

#40C4DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.115 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4DB
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 219)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 10.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -27.94, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 35.45, 217.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0982 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.115 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6350, 45.6803, 73.9959)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4DB #DB5740

analogous

#40DBA4 #40C4DB #4076DB

triadic

#40C4DB #DB40C4 #C4DB40

tetradic

#40C4DB #A440DB #DB5740 #76DB40

square

#40C4DB #A440DB #DB5740 #76DB40

split-complementary

#40C4DB #DB4076 #DBA440

monochromatic

#197787 #23A4BB #40C4DB #73D4E5 #A7E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#40C4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#40C4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4DB

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4DB	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.115 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad6e6',
    500: '#40c4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4db;
$custom-light: #8ad6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.903,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7592,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4DB

secondary

#DCA59B

accent

#573DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4DB

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

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