#40CEDE#40CEDE

#40CEDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.119 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CEDE
RGB	rgb(64, 206, 222)
HSL	hsl(186, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -31.90, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 37.03, 210.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.1068 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.119 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3647, 50.5021, 76.8717)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CEDE #DE5040

analogous

#40DE9F #40CEDE #407FDE

triadic

#40CEDE #DE40CE #CEDE40

tetradic

#40CEDE #9F40DE #DE5040 #7FDE40

square

#40CEDE #9F40DE #DE5040 #7FDE40

split-complementary

#40CEDE #DE407F #DE9F40

monochromatic

#18808B #21B0C0 #40CEDE #74DBE7 #A8E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#40CEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#40CEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CEDE

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CEDE	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 206, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.119 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdde8',
    500: '#40cede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cede;
$custom-light: #8bdde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.076,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78406,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CEDE

secondary

#913B31

accent

#4D3AED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CEDE

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

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