#40CDCE#40CDCE

#40CDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.117 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CDCE
RGB	rgb(64, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -36.08, -11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 37.83, 197.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.1125 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.117 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0812, 49.2048, 66.0291)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CDCE #CE4140

analogous

#40CE88 #40CDCE #4086CE

triadic

#40CDCE #CE40CD #CDCE40

tetradic

#40CDCE #8840CE #CE4140 #86CE40

square

#40CDCE #8840CE #CE4140 #86CE40

split-complementary

#40CDCE #CE4086 #CE8840

monochromatic

#1E7575 #2BA5A6 #40CDCE #71DADA #A1E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#40CDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#40CDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CDCE

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CDCE	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.117 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dddc',
    500: '#40cdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cdce;
$custom-light: #89dddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.423,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77593,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CDCE

secondary

#D49796

accent

#4745E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CDCE

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

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