#40DAD8#40DAD8

#40DAD8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.124 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40DAD8
RGB	rgb(64, 218, 216)
HSL	hsl(179, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 0.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -39.22, -10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 40.62, 195.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.1209 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.124 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5747, 56.1860, 73.7117)
Luminance	0.5619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40DAD8 #DA4042

analogous

#40DA8B #40DAD8 #408FDA

triadic

#40DAD8 #D840DA #DAD840

tetradic

#40DAD8 #8B40DA #DA4042 #8FDA40

square

#40DAD8 #8B40DA #DA4042 #8FDA40

split-complementary

#40DAD8 #DA408F #DA8B40

monochromatic

#1A8684 #24B9B7 #40DAD8 #73E4E2 #A7EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#40DAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#40DAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40DAD8

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40DAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40DAD8	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCFD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40dad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 218, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.124 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce6e4',
    500: '#40dad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40dad8;
$custom-light: #8ce6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40dad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.221,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81052,
    "c": 0.12446,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40DAD8

secondary

#8C3233

accent

#3D40EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40DAD8

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

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