#40CAD9#40CAD9

#40CAD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.116 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CAD9
RGB	rgb(64, 202, 217)
HSL	hsl(186, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -31.46, -18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 36.32, 209.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.1049 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.116 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7538, 48.3366, 73.0777)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CAD9 #D94F40

analogous

#40D99B #40CAD9 #407ED9

triadic

#40CAD9 #D940CA #CAD940

tetradic

#40CAD9 #9B40D9 #D94F40 #7ED940

square

#40CAD9 #9B40D9 #D94F40 #7ED940

split-complementary

#40CAD9 #D9407E #D99B40

monochromatic

#1A7A84 #24A9B7 #40CAD9 #73D8E3 #A6E6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#40CAD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#40CAD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CAD9

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CAD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CAD9	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 202, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.116 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adae4',
    500: '#40cad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cad9;
$custom-light: #8adae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.882,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77269,
    "c": 0.11641,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CAD9

secondary

#DAA19A

accent

#4F3EEA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CAD9

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

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