#40CAE1#40CAE1

#40CAE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.119 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CAE1
RGB	rgb(64, 202, 225)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -29.06, -22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 36.49, 217.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.1017 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.119 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8197, 48.7630, 78.6912)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CAE1 #E15740

analogous

#40E1A7 #40CAE1 #407AE1

triadic

#40CAE1 #E140CA #CAE140

tetradic

#40CAE1 #A740E1 #E15740 #7AE140

square

#40CAE1 #A740E1 #E15740 #7AE140

split-complementary

#40CAE1 #E1407A #E1A740

monochromatic

#177F90 #1FADC5 #40CAE1 #75D9E9 #AAE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#40CAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#40CAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CAE1

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CAE1	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 202, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.119 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdaea',
    500: '#40cae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cae1;
$custom-light: #8bdaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77573,
    "c": 0.1188,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CAE1

secondary

#DFA79D

accent

#5238F0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CAE1

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

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