#40D8D5#40D8D5

#40D8D5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.123 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40D8D5
RGB	rgb(64, 216, 213)
HSL	hsl(179, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 1.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -39.15, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 40.41, 194.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.1203 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.123 193)
XYZ	xyz(38.6749, 55.0012, 71.5159)
Luminance	0.5501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40D8D5 #D84043

analogous

#40D889 #40D8D5 #408FD8

triadic

#40D8D5 #D540D8 #D8D540

tetradic

#40D8D5 #8940D8 #D84043 #8FD840

square

#40D8D5 #8940D8 #D84043 #8FD840

split-complementary

#40D8D5 #D8408F #D88940

monochromatic

#1B8381 #25B6B3 #40D8D5 #73E2E0 #A6EDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#40D8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#40D8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40D8D5

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40D8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40D8D5	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCDD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40d8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 216, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.123 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be4e1',
    500: '#40d8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40d8d5;
$custom-light: #8be4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40d8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.816,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80473,
    "c": 0.12345,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.55006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40D8D5

secondary

#8A3334

accent

#3F42E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40D8D5

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

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