#40CED5#40CED5

#40CED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.118 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CED5
RGB	rgb(64, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(183, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -34.54, -14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 37.42, 202.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.1105 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.118 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1906, 50.0325, 70.6878)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CED5 #D54740

analogous

#40D592 #40CED5 #4084D5

triadic

#40CED5 #D540CE #CED540

tetradic

#40CED5 #9240D5 #D54740 #84D540

square

#40CED5 #9240D5 #D54740 #84D540

split-complementary

#40CED5 #D54084 #D59240

monochromatic

#1C7A7F #27AAB1 #40CED5 #72DBE0 #A4E8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#40CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#40CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CED5

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CED5	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B5D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.118 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adde1',
    500: '#40ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ced5;
$custom-light: #8adde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.819,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78078,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CED5

secondary

#863733

accent

#4941E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CED5

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

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