#40CDE3#40CDE3

#40CDE3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.120 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CDE3
RGB	rgb(64, 205, 227)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 9.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -29.92, -21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 36.96, 215.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.1038 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.12 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8048, 50.2942, 80.3735)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CDE3 #E35640

analogous

#40E3A7 #40CDE3 #407CE3

triadic

#40CDE3 #E340CD #CDE340

tetradic

#40CDE3 #A740E3 #E35640 #7CE340

square

#40CDE3 #A740E3 #E35640 #7CE340

split-complementary

#40CDE3 #E3407C #E3A740

monochromatic

#168293 #1DB1C8 #40CDE3 #75DBEB #ABE9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#40CDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#40CDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CDE3

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CDE3	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 205, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.120 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdceb',
    500: '#40cde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cde3;
$custom-light: #8bdceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.098,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78358,
    "c": 0.12008,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CDE3

secondary

#973E30

accent

#5037F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CDE3

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

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