#40D5CE#40D5CE

#40D5CE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.122 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40D5CE
RGB	rgb(64, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(177, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -39.74, -7.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 40.51, 191.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.1204 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.122 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0440, 53.1304, 66.6834)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40D5CE #D54047

analogous

#40D584 #40D5CE #4092D5

triadic

#40D5CE #CE40D5 #D5CE40

tetradic

#40D5CE #8440D5 #D54047 #92D540

square

#40D5CE #8440D5 #D54047 #92D540

split-complementary

#40D5CE #D54092 #D58440

monochromatic

#1C7F7A #27B1AA #40D5CE #72E0DB #A4EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#40D5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#40D5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40D5CE

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40D5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40D5CE	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40d5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.122 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae2dc',
    500: '#40d5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40d5ce;
$custom-light: #8ae2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40d5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.181,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7952,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40D5CE

secondary

#863337

accent

#4149E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40D5CE

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

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