#40DBE9#40DBE9

#40DBE9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.126 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40DBE9
RGB	rgb(64, 219, 233)
HSL	hsl(185, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.53, -34.81, -18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.53, 39.38, 207.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.1148 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.126 204)
XYZ	xyz(42.1474, 57.6312, 85.9776)
Luminance	0.5764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40DBE9 #E94E40

analogous

#40E9A2 #40DBE9 #4087E9

triadic

#40DBE9 #E940DB #DBE940

tetradic

#40DBE9 #A240E9 #E94E40 #87E940

square

#40DBE9 #A240E9 #E94E40 #87E940

split-complementary

#40DBE9 #E94087 #E9A240

monochromatic

#12919D #18C4D3 #40DBE9 #77E5EF #AEF0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#40DBE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#40DBE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40DBE9

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40DBE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40DBE9	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D2EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40dbe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 219, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.126 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de6f0',
    500: '#40dbe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40dbe9;
$custom-light: #8de6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40dbe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.97,
    "s": 79.343,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81884,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.57636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40DBE9

secondary

#A0372E

accent

#4232F6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #40DBE9

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

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