#40C4DD#40C4DD

#40C4DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.116 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4DD
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 11.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -27.33, -22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 35.59, 219.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0975 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.116 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8999, 45.7862, 75.3909)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4DD #DD5940

analogous

#40DDA7 #40C4DD #4075DD

triadic

#40C4DD #DD40C4 #C4DD40

tetradic

#40C4DD #A740DD #DD5940 #75DD40

square

#40C4DD #A740DD #DD5940 #75DD40

split-complementary

#40C4DD #DD4075 #DDA740

monochromatic

#19788A #22A5BE #40C4DD #74D4E6 #A8E4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#40C4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#40C4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4DD

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4DD	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.116 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad6e7',
    500: '#40c4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4dd;
$custom-light: #8ad6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.554,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75999,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4DD

secondary

#DDA69C

accent

#573BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4DD

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

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