#40C8E3#40C8E3

#40C8E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.119 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C8E3
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 227)
HSL	hsl(190, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 11.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -27.47, -23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 36.43, 221.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.099 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.119 214)
XYZ	xyz(36.6279, 47.9403, 79.9811)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C8E3 #E35B40

analogous

#40E3AD #40C8E3 #4076E3

triadic

#40C8E3 #E340C8 #C8E340

tetradic

#40C8E3 #AD40E3 #E35B40 #76E340

square

#40C8E3 #AD40E3 #E35B40 #76E340

split-complementary

#40C8E3 #E34076 #E3AD40

monochromatic

#167E93 #1DACC8 #40C8E3 #75D7EB #ABE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#40C8E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#40C8E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C8E3

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C8E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C8E3	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c8e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.119 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd9eb',
    500: '#40c8e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c8e3;
$custom-light: #8bd9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c8e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.939,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7718,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.47945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C8E3

secondary

#E1A99E

accent

#5637F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C8E3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →