#40CFDE#40CFDE

#40CFDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.119 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CFDE
RGB	rgb(64, 207, 222)
HSL	hsl(186, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 6.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -32.37, -18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 37.22, 209.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.1077 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.119 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6062, 50.9851, 76.9522)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CFDE #DE4F40

analogous

#40DE9E #40CFDE #4080DE

triadic

#40CFDE #DE40CF #CFDE40

tetradic

#40CFDE #9E40DE #DE4F40 #80DE40

square

#40CFDE #9E40DE #DE4F40 #80DE40

split-complementary

#40CFDE #DE4080 #DE9E40

monochromatic

#18818B #21B1C0 #40CFDE #74DCE7 #A8E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#40CFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#40CFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CFDE

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CFDE	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 207, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.119 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdee8',
    500: '#40cfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cfde;
$custom-light: #8bdee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.696,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78643,
    "c": 0.11923,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CFDE

secondary

#913A31

accent

#4B3AED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CFDE

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

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