#40CDD8#40CDD8

#40CDD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.117 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CDD8
RGB	rgb(64, 205, 216)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -33.19, -16.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 36.99, 206.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.1083 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.117 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3349, 49.7062, 72.6317)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CDD8 #D84B40

analogous

#40D897 #40CDD8 #4081D8

triadic

#40CDD8 #D840CD #CDD840

tetradic

#40CDD8 #9740D8 #D84B40 #81D840

square

#40CDD8 #9740D8 #D84B40 #81D840

split-complementary

#40CDD8 #D84081 #D89740

monochromatic

#1B7B83 #25ABB6 #40CDD8 #73DAE2 #A6E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#40CDD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#40CDD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CDD8

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CDD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CDD8	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cdd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 205, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.117 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adce4',
    500: '#40cdd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cdd8;
$custom-light: #8adce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cdd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.342,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77947,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CDD8

secondary

#DA9F9A

accent

#4B3FE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CDD8

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

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