#40D0DE#40D0DE

#40D0DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.120 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40D0DE
RGB	rgb(64, 208, 222)
HSL	hsl(185, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 6.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, -32.85, -17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 37.42, 208.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.1087 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.12 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8493, 51.4712, 77.0332)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40D0DE #DE4E40

analogous

#40DE9D #40D0DE #4081DE

triadic

#40D0DE #DE40D0 #D0DE40

tetradic

#40D0DE #9D40DE #DE4E40 #81DE40

square

#40D0DE #9D40DE #DE4E40 #81DE40

split-complementary

#40D0DE #DE4081 #DE9D40

monochromatic

#18818B #21B2C0 #40D0DE #74DDE7 #A8EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#40D0DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#40D0DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40D0DE

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40D0DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40D0DE	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40d0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 208, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.120 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdfe8',
    500: '#40d0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40d0de;
$custom-light: #8bdfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40d0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.316,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7888,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40D0DE

secondary

#913A31

accent

#4A3AED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40D0DE

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

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