#40CED4#40CED4

#40CED4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.117 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CED4
RGB	rgb(64, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -34.82, -13.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 37.50, 201.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.1109 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.117 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0640, 49.9818, 70.0214)
Luminance	0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CED4 #D44640

analogous

#40D490 #40CED4 #4084D4

triadic

#40CED4 #D440CE #CED440

tetradic

#40CED4 #9040D4 #D44640 #84D440

square

#40CED4 #9040D4 #D44640 #84D440

split-complementary

#40CED4 #D44084 #D49040

monochromatic

#1C797D #27AAAF #40CED4 #72DBDF #A4E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#40CED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#40CED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CED4

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CED4	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB5D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ced4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 206, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.117 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adde1',
    500: '#40ced4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ced4;
$custom-light: #8adde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ced4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.432,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78043,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CED4

secondary

#D79B98

accent

#4842E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CED4

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

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