#40D6D6#40D6D6

#40D6D6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.122 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40D6D6
RGB	rgb(64, 214, 214)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -37.96, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 39.62, 196.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.1179 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.122 195)
XYZ	xyz(38.2930, 54.0336, 72.0167)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40D6D6 #D64040

analogous

#40D68B #40D6D6 #408BD6

triadic

#40D6D6 #D640D6 #D6D640

tetradic

#40D6D6 #8B40D6 #D64040 #8BD640

square

#40D6D6 #8B40D6 #D64040 #8BD640

split-complementary

#40D6D6 #D6408B #D68B40

monochromatic

#1B8080 #26B2B2 #40D6D6 #72E1E1 #A5ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#40D6D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#40D6D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40D6D6

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40D6D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40D6D6	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CCD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BBD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40d6d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 214, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.122 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be3e2',
    500: '#40d6d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40d6d6;
$custom-light: #8be3e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40d6d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80027,
    "c": 0.12205,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.54038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40D6D6

secondary

#873333

accent

#4040E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40D6D6

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

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