#40DBE6#40DBE6

#40DBE6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.125 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40DBE6
RGB	rgb(64, 219, 230)
HSL	hsl(184, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 4.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -35.69, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 39.51, 205.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.116 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.125 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7224, 57.4612, 83.7398)
Luminance	0.5747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40DBE6 #E64B40

analogous

#40E69E #40DBE6 #4088E6

triadic

#40DBE6 #E640DB #DBE640

tetradic

#40DBE6 #9E40E6 #E64B40 #88E640

square

#40DBE6 #9E40E6 #E64B40 #88E640

split-complementary

#40DBE6 #E64088 #E69E40

monochromatic

#148F98 #1BC2CE #40DBE6 #76E5ED #ACEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#40DBE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#40DBE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40DBE6

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40DBE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40DBE6	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40dbe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 219, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.125 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de6ed',
    500: '#40dbe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40dbe6;
$custom-light: #8de6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40dbe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.976,
    "s": 76.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81776,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40DBE6

secondary

#9B362F

accent

#4134F3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40DBE6

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

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