#40CED9#40CED9

#40CED9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.118 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CED9
RGB	rgb(64, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -33.37, -16.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 37.17, 206.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.1088 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.118 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7045, 50.2380, 73.3947)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CED9 #D94B40

analogous

#40D998 #40CED9 #4081D9

triadic

#40CED9 #D940CE #CED940

tetradic

#40CED9 #9840D9 #D94B40 #81D940

square

#40CED9 #9840D9 #D94B40 #81D940

split-complementary

#40CED9 #D94081 #D99840

monochromatic

#1A7D84 #24ADB7 #40CED9 #73DBE3 #A6E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#40CED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#40CED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CED9

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CED9	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.118 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adde4',
    500: '#40ced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ced9;
$custom-light: #8adde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.314,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78222,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CED9

secondary

#8B3932

accent

#4A3EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CED9

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

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