#40C6DD#40C6DD

#40C6DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.117 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40C6DD
RGBrgb(64, 198, 221)
HSLhsl(189, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(189, 71%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(71%, 10.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(73.99, -28.32, -21.89)
CIE-LCHlch(73.99, 35.79, 217.71°)
OKLaboklab(76.47% -0.0994 -0.0609)
OKLCHoklch(76.47% 0.117 211.5)
XYZxyz(35.3540, 46.6945, 75.5423)
Luminance0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40C6DD #DD5740
analogous
#40DDA5 #40C6DD #4077DD
triadic
#40C6DD #DD40C6 #C6DD40
tetradic
#40C6DD #A540DD #DD5740 #77DD40
square
#40C6DD #A540DD #DD5740 #77DD40
split-complementary
#40C6DD #DD4077 #DDA540
monochromatic
#19798A #22A7BE #40C6DD #74D6E6 #A8E5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03
#40C6DD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34
#40C6DD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C6DD
10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40C6DD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40C6DD1.002.0310.3410.34
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3421.001.001.00
##00000010.3421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4BFDE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EAFDD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D0CD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40c6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 198, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.117 211.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7e7',
    500: '#40c6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40c6dd;
$custom-light: #8ad7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40c6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.79,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76472,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40C6DD
secondary
#DDA59C
accent
#553BED
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFC
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0D1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#40C6DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva