#40C8D9#40C8D9

#40C8D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.116 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8D9
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 217)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -30.50, -19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 35.95, 211.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.103 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.116 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2876, 47.4042, 72.9223)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8D9 #D95140

analogous

#40D99E #40C8D9 #407BD9

triadic

#40C8D9 #D940C8 #C8D940

tetradic

#40C8D9 #9E40D9 #D95140 #7BD940

square

#40C8D9 #9E40D9 #D95140 #7BD940

split-complementary

#40C8D9 #D9407B #D99E40

monochromatic

#1A7984 #24A7B7 #40C8D9 #73D7E3 #A6E5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#40C8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#40C8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8D9

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8D9	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.116 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9e4',
    500: '#40c8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8d9;
$custom-light: #8ad9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76793,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8D9

secondary

#DAA19A

accent

#513EEA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8D9

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

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