#40D8D9#40D8D9

#40D8D9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.123 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40D8D9
RGB	rgb(64, 216, 217)
HSL	hsl(180, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -38.03, -11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 39.86, 197.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.1186 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.123 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1889, 55.2068, 74.2228)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40D8D9 #D94140

analogous

#40D98D #40D8D9 #408CD9

triadic

#40D8D9 #D940D8 #D8D940

tetradic

#40D8D9 #8D40D9 #D94140 #8CD940

square

#40D8D9 #8D40D9 #D94140 #8CD940

split-complementary

#40D8D9 #D9408C #D98D40

monochromatic

#1A8484 #24B6B7 #40D8D9 #73E2E3 #A6EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#40D8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#40D8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40D8D9

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40D8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40D8D9	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40d8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 216, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.123 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be4e4',
    500: '#40d8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40d8d9;
$custom-light: #8be4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40d8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.392,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80608,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40D8D9

secondary

#8B3332

accent

#3F3EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40D8D9

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

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