#40C8D6#40C8D6

#40C8D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.115 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8D6
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 214)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -31.39, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 35.97, 209.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.1042 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.115 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9009, 47.2495, 70.8860)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8D6 #D64E40

analogous

#40D699 #40C8D6 #407DD6

triadic

#40C8D6 #D640C8 #C8D640

tetradic

#40C8D6 #9940D6 #D64E40 #7DD640

square

#40C8D6 #9940D6 #D64E40 #7DD640

split-complementary

#40C8D6 #D6407D #D69940

monochromatic

#1B7780 #26A5B2 #40C8D6 #72D7E1 #A5E5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#40C8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#40C8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8D6

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8D6	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.115 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9e2',
    500: '#40c8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8d6;
$custom-light: #89d9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.6,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76681,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8D6

secondary

#D99F99

accent

#5040E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8D6

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

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