#40C5DE#40C5DE

#40C5DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.117 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C5DE
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 222)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -27.52, -22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 35.76, 219.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.098 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.117 213)
XYZ	xyz(35.2598, 46.2923, 76.1701)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C5DE #DE5940

analogous

#40DEA8 #40C5DE #4076DE

triadic

#40C5DE #DE40C5 #C5DE40

tetradic

#40C5DE #A840DE #DE5940 #76DE40

square

#40C5DE #A840DE #DE5940 #76DE40

split-complementary

#40C5DE #DE4076 #DEA840

monochromatic

#18798B #21A7C0 #40C5DE #74D5E7 #A8E5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#40C5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#40C5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C5DE

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C5DE	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.117 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7e8',
    500: '#40c5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c5de;
$custom-light: #8ad7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.494,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76275,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.46296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C5DE

secondary

#DEA79C

accent

#573AED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C5DE

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

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