#40CED8#40CED8

#40CED8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.118 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CED8
RGB	rgb(64, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -33.66, -15.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 37.22, 205.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.1092 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.118 202)
XYZ	xyz(36.5749, 50.1862, 72.7117)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CED8 #D84A40

analogous

#40D896 #40CED8 #4082D8

triadic

#40CED8 #D840CE #CED840

tetradic

#40CED8 #9640D8 #D84A40 #82D840

square

#40CED8 #9640D8 #D84A40 #82D840

split-complementary

#40CED8 #D84082 #D89640

monochromatic

#1B7C83 #25ACB6 #40CED8 #73DBE2 #A6E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#40CED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#40CED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CED8

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CED8	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC5D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.118 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adde4',
    500: '#40ced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ced8;
$custom-light: #8adde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.947,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78186,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.5019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CED8

secondary

#8A3833

accent

#4A3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CED8

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

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