#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
RGB	rgb(64, 198, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 10.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -28.32, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 35.79, 217.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0994 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.117 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3540, 46.6945, 75.5423)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##40C6DD	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #40C6DD

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

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