#40CECE#40CECE

#40CECE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.117 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CECE
RGB	rgb(64, 206, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -36.54, -10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 38.14, 196.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.1135 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.117 195)
XYZ	xyz(35.3212, 49.6847, 66.1091)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CECE #CE4040

analogous

#40CE87 #40CECE #4087CE

triadic

#40CECE #CE40CE #CECE40

tetradic

#40CECE #8740CE #CE4040 #87CE40

square

#40CECE #8740CE #CE4040 #87CE40

split-complementary

#40CECE #CE4087 #CE8740

monochromatic

#1E7575 #2BA6A6 #40CECE #71DADA #A1E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#40CECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#40CECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CECE

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CECE	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)

#C1C4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 206, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.117 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dddc',
    500: '#40cece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cece;
$custom-light: #89dddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77834,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.49689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CECE

secondary

#D49696

accent

#4545E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CECE

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

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