#40C5D2#40C5D2

#40C5D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.113 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5D2
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 210)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 6.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -31.13, -16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 35.44, 208.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.1029 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.113 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7084, 45.6717, 67.9993)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5D2 #D24D40

analogous

#40D296 #40C5D2 #407CD2

triadic

#40C5D2 #D240C5 #C5D240

tetradic

#40C5D2 #9640D2 #D24D40 #7CD240

square

#40C5D2 #9640D2 #D24D40 #7CD240

split-complementary

#40C5D2 #D2407C #D29640

monochromatic

#1D727B #29A1AC #40C5D2 #72D4DE #A3E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#40C5D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#40C5D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5D2

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5D2	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)

#B5BDD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ADD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.113 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7df',
    500: '#40c5d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5d2;
$custom-light: #89d7df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.342,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75816,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5D2

secondary

#D69D98

accent

#5143E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5D2

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

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