#40CDC4#40CDC4

#40CDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.118 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CDC4
RGB	rgb(64, 205, 196)
HSL	hsl(176, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 4.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -38.87, -6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 39.40, 189.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.1168 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.118 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9049, 48.7342, 59.8336)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CDC4 #CD4049

analogous

#40CD7D #40CDC4 #4090CD

triadic

#40CDC4 #C440CD #CDC440

tetradic

#40CDC4 #7D40CD #CD4049 #90CD40

square

#40CDC4 #7D40CD #CD4049 #90CD40

split-complementary

#40CDC4 #CD4090 #CD7D40

monochromatic

#1E746F #2BA59D #40CDC4 #71DAD3 #A1E6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#40CDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#40CDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CDC4

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CDC4	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)

#C2C2C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 205, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.118 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddd5',
    500: '#40cdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cdc4;
$custom-light: #88ddd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.17,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77258,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CDC4

secondary

#D3969A

accent

#4650E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CDC4

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

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