#40CDD4#40CDD4

#40CDD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.117 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CDD4
RGB	rgb(64, 205, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -34.35, -14.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 37.23, 202.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.1099 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.117 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8241, 49.5019, 69.9414)
Luminance	0.4951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CDD4 #D44740

analogous

#40D491 #40CDD4 #4083D4

triadic

#40CDD4 #D440CD #CDD440

tetradic

#40CDD4 #9140D4 #D44740 #83D440

square

#40CDD4 #9140D4 #D44740 #83D440

split-complementary

#40CDD4 #D44083 #D49140

monochromatic

#1C797D #27A9AF #40CDD4 #72DADF #A4E7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#40CDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#40CDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CDD4

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CDD4	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B4D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 205, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.117 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adce1',
    500: '#40cdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cdd4;
$custom-light: #8adce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.838,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77803,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CDD4

secondary

#D79B98

accent

#4942E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CDD4

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

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