#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
RGBrgb(64, 202, 217)
HSLhsl(186, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(186, 71%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(70.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(75.04, -31.46, -18.15)
CIE-LCHlch(75.04, 36.32, 209.98°)
OKLaboklab(77.27% -0.1049 -0.0504)
OKLCHoklch(77.27% 0.116 205.7)
XYZxyz(35.7538, 48.3366, 73.0777)
Luminance0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##40CAD91.001.9710.6710.67
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6721.001.001.00
##00000010.6721.001.001.00

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.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#40CAD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva