#40C5CE#40C5CE

#40C5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.112 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5CE
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -32.31, -14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 35.60, 204.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.1046 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.112 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2163, 45.4749, 65.4075)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5CE #CE4940

analogous

#40CE90 #40C5CE #407ECE

triadic

#40C5CE #CE40C5 #C5CE40

tetradic

#40C5CE #9040CE #CE4940 #7ECE40

square

#40C5CE #9040CE #CE4940 #7ECE40

split-complementary

#40C5CE #CE407E #CE9040

monochromatic

#1E7075 #2B9EA6 #40C5CE #71D4DA #A1E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#40C5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#40C5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5CE

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5CE	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.112 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7dd',
    500: '#40c5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5ce;
$custom-light: #88d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.803,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75669,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5CE

secondary

#D49A96

accent

#4F45E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5CE

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

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