#40CCE0#40CCE0

#40CCE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.119 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CCE0
RGB	rgb(64, 204, 224)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -30.34, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 36.72, 214.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.104 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.119 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1560, 49.6532, 78.1323)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CCE0 #E05440

analogous

#40E0A4 #40CCE0 #407CE0

triadic

#40CCE0 #E040CC #CCE040

tetradic

#40CCE0 #A440E0 #E05440 #7CE040

square

#40CCE0 #A440E0 #E05440 #7CE040

split-complementary

#40CCE0 #E0407C #E0A440

monochromatic

#17808E #20AFC3 #40CCE0 #75DAE9 #A9E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#40CCE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#40CCE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CCE0

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CCE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CCE0	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 204, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.119 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdce9',
    500: '#40cce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cce0;
$custom-light: #8bdce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78007,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CCE0

secondary

#DFA59D

accent

#5039EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CCE0

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

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