#40C4DE#40C4DE

#40C4DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.117 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C4DE
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 222)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -27.03, -23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 35.67, 220.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0971 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.117 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0335, 45.8397, 76.0946)
Luminance	0.4584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C4DE #DE5A40

analogous

#40DEA9 #40C4DE #4075DE

triadic

#40C4DE #DE40C4 #C4DE40

tetradic

#40C4DE #A940DE #DE5A40 #75DE40

square

#40C4DE #A940DE #DE5A40 #75DE40

split-complementary

#40C4DE #DE4075 #DEA940

monochromatic

#18798B #21A6C0 #40C4DE #74D4E7 #A8E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#40C4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#40C4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C4DE

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C4DE	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.117 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad6e8',
    500: '#40c4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c4de;
$custom-light: #8ad6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.873,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76038,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C4DE

secondary

#DEA79C

accent

#583AED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C4DE

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

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