#40DBE8#40DBE8

#40DBE8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.126 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40DBE8
RGB	rgb(64, 219, 232)
HSL	hsl(185, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 5.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -35.10, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 39.42, 207.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.1152 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.126 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0049, 57.5742, 85.2274)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40DBE8 #E84D40

analogous

#40E8A1 #40DBE8 #4087E8

triadic

#40DBE8 #E840DB #DBE840

tetradic

#40DBE8 #A140E8 #E84D40 #87E840

square

#40DBE8 #A140E8 #E84D40 #87E840

split-complementary

#40DBE8 #E84087 #E8A140

monochromatic

#13909B #19C3D2 #40DBE8 #77E5EF #ADF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#40DBE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#40DBE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40DBE8

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40DBE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40DBE8	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40dbe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 219, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.126 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de6ef',
    500: '#40dbe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40dbe8;
$custom-light: #8de6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40dbe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.643,
    "s": 78.505,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81848,
    "c": 0.12551,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40DBE8

secondary

#9E372E

accent

#4233F5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #40DBE8

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

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