#40CCE3#40CCE3

#40CCE3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.120 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CCE3
RGB	rgb(64, 204, 227)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 10.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -29.43, -22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 36.83, 216.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.1028 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.12 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5664, 49.8173, 80.2940)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CCE3 #E35740

analogous

#40E3A8 #40CCE3 #407BE3

triadic

#40CCE3 #E340CC #CCE340

tetradic

#40CCE3 #A840E3 #E35740 #7BE340

square

#40CCE3 #A840E3 #E35740 #7BE340

split-complementary

#40CCE3 #E3407B #E3A840

monochromatic

#168193 #1DB0C8 #40CCE3 #75DAEB #ABE9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#40CCE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#40CCE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CCE3

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CCE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CCE3	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 204, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.120 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdceb',
    500: '#40cce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cce3;
$custom-light: #8bdceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.466,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78122,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CCE3

secondary

#E1A89E

accent

#5137F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFD

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CCE3

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

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