#40D8D8#40D8D8

#40D8D8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.123 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40D8D8
RGB	rgb(64, 216, 216)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -38.31, -11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 39.99, 196.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.119 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.123 195)
XYZ	xyz(39.0592, 55.1550, 73.5399)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40D8D8 #D84040

analogous

#40D88C #40D8D8 #408CD8

triadic

#40D8D8 #D840D8 #D8D840

tetradic

#40D8D8 #8C40D8 #D84040 #8CD840

square

#40D8D8 #8C40D8 #D84040 #8CD840

split-complementary

#40D8D8 #D8408C #D88C40

monochromatic

#1B8383 #25B6B6 #40D8D8 #73E2E2 #A6EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#40D8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#40D8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40D8D8

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40D8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40D8D8	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40d8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 216, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.123 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be4e4',
    500: '#40d8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40d8d8;
$custom-light: #8be4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40d8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80574,
    "c": 0.12318,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.5516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40D8D8

secondary

#8A3333

accent

#3F3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40D8D8

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

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