#40CFE3#40CFE3

#40CFE3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.121 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CFE3
RGB	rgb(64, 207, 227)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 8.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -30.88, -20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 37.24, 213.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.1057 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.121 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2863, 51.2572, 80.5340)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CFE3 #E35440

analogous

#40E3A6 #40CFE3 #407EE3

triadic

#40CFE3 #E340CF #CFE340

tetradic

#40CFE3 #A640E3 #E35440 #7EE340

square

#40CFE3 #A640E3 #E35440 #7EE340

split-complementary

#40CFE3 #E3407E #E3A640

monochromatic

#168493 #1DB3C8 #40CFE3 #75DCEB #ABEAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#40CFE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#40CFE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CFE3

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CFE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CFE3	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cfe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 207, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.121 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdeeb',
    500: '#40cfe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cfe3;
$custom-light: #8bdeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cfe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.362,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7883,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CFE3

secondary

#973C30

accent

#4E37F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CFE3

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

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