#40D9CE#40D9CE

#40D9CE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.125 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40D9CE
RGB	rgb(64, 217, 206)
HSL	hsl(176, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 5.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -41.53, -6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 41.98, 188.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.1243 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.125 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0626, 55.1674, 67.0229)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40D9CE #D9404B

analogous

#40D981 #40D9CE #4098D9

triadic

#40D9CE #CE40D9 #D9CE40

tetradic

#40D9CE #8140D9 #D9404B #98D940

square

#40D9CE #8140D9 #D9404B #98D940

split-complementary

#40D9CE #D94098 #D98140

monochromatic

#1A847D #24B7AD #40D9CE #73E3DB #A6EDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#40D9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#40D9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40D9CE

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40D9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40D9CE	1.00	1.74	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.74	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)

#CDCDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40d9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 217, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.125 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be5dc',
    500: '#40d9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40d9ce;
$custom-light: #8be5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40d9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.686,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80484,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40D9CE

secondary

#8B3239

accent

#3E4AEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40D9CE

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

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