#40CAD4#40CAD4

#40CAD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.116 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CAD4
RGB	rgb(64, 202, 212)
HSL	hsl(184, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -32.94, -15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 36.48, 205.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.107 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.116 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1133, 48.0804, 69.7045)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CAD4 #D44A40

analogous

#40D494 #40CAD4 #4080D4

triadic

#40CAD4 #D440CA #CAD440

tetradic

#40CAD4 #9440D4 #D44A40 #80D440

square

#40CAD4 #9440D4 #D44A40 #80D440

split-complementary

#40CAD4 #D44080 #D49440

monochromatic

#1C777D #27A6AF #40CAD4 #72D8DF #A4E6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#40CAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#40CAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CAD4

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CAD4	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 202, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.116 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dae1',
    500: '#40cad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cad4;
$custom-light: #89dae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.054,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77085,
    "c": 0.11551,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CAD4

secondary

#D79D98

accent

#4D42E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CAD4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →