#40CDE8#40CDE8

#40CDE8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.122 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CDE8
RGB	rgb(64, 205, 232)
HSL	hsl(190, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 11.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -28.40, -24.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 37.26, 220.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.1018 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.122 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5049, 50.5743, 84.0607)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CDE8 #E85B40

analogous

#40E8AF #40CDE8 #4079E8

triadic

#40CDE8 #E840CD #CDE840

tetradic

#40CDE8 #AF40E8 #E85B40 #79E840

square

#40CDE8 #AF40E8 #E85B40 #79E840

split-complementary

#40CDE8 #E84079 #E8AF40

monochromatic

#13859B #19B4D2 #40CDE8 #77DBEF #ADEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#40CDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#40CDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CDE8

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CDE8	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 205, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.122 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdcef',
    500: '#40cde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cde8;
$custom-light: #8cdcef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.643,
    "s": 78.505,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78553,
    "c": 0.12201,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CDE8

secondary

#9E402E

accent

#5233F5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CDE8

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

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