#40CDE0#40CDE0

#40CDE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.119 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CDE0
RGB	rgb(64, 205, 224)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 8.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -30.82, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 36.87, 213.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.105 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.119 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3944, 50.1300, 78.2118)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CDE0 #E05340

analogous

#40E0A3 #40CDE0 #407DE0

triadic

#40CDE0 #E040CD #CDE040

tetradic

#40CDE0 #A340E0 #E05340 #7DE040

square

#40CDE0 #A340E0 #E05340 #7DE040

split-complementary

#40CDE0 #E0407D #E0A340

monochromatic

#17808E #20B0C3 #40CDE0 #75DBE9 #A9E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#40CDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#40CDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CDE0

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CDE0	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 205, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.119 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdce9',
    500: '#40cde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cde0;
$custom-light: #8bdce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.125,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78244,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CDE0

secondary

#943C31

accent

#4F39EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CDE0

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

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