#40CAD5#40CAD5

#40CAD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.116 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CAD5
RGB	rgb(64, 202, 213)
HSL	hsl(184, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 5.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -32.64, -16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 36.43, 206.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.1066 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.116 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2398, 48.1310, 70.3709)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CAD5 #D54B40

analogous

#40D596 #40CAD5 #407FD5

triadic

#40CAD5 #D540CA #CAD540

tetradic

#40CAD5 #9640D5 #D54B40 #7FD540

square

#40CAD5 #9640D5 #D54B40 #7FD540

split-complementary

#40CAD5 #D5407F #D59640

monochromatic

#1C777F #27A7B1 #40CAD5 #72D8E0 #A4E6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#40CAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#40CAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CAD5

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CAD5	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 202, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.116 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dae1',
    500: '#40cad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cad5;
$custom-light: #89dae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.43,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77122,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CAD5

secondary

#D89D99

accent

#4D41E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CAD5

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

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