#40C8E1#40C8E1

#40C8E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.118 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8E1
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 225)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -28.08, -22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 36.27, 219.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0998 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.118 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3534, 47.8305, 78.5358)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8E1 #E15940

analogous

#40E1AA #40C8E1 #4078E1

triadic

#40C8E1 #E140C8 #C8E140

tetradic

#40C8E1 #AA40E1 #E15940 #78E140

square

#40C8E1 #AA40E1 #E15940 #78E140

split-complementary

#40C8E1 #E14078 #E1AA40

monochromatic

#177D90 #1FABC5 #40C8E1 #75D7E9 #AAE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#40C8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#40C8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8E1

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8E1	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.118 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd9ea',
    500: '#40c8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8e1;
$custom-light: #8bd9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.317,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77101,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8E1

secondary

#DFA89D

accent

#5538F0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8E1

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

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