#40DBEF#40DBEF

#40DBEF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.127 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40DBEF
RGB	rgb(64, 219, 239)
HSL	hsl(187, 85%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -33.04, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 39.32, 212.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.1124 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.127 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0191, 57.9798, 90.5686)
Luminance	0.5798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40DBEF #EF5440

analogous

#40EFAC #40DBEF #4084EF

triadic

#40DBEF #EF40DB #DBEF40

tetradic

#40DBEF #AC40EF #EF5440 #84EF40

square

#40DBEF #AC40EF #EF5440 #84EF40

split-complementary

#40DBEF #EF4084 #EFAC40

monochromatic

#0E95A7 #13C8DF #40DBEF #78E6F4 #B1F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#40DBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#40DBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40DBEF

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40DBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40DBEF	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40dbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 219, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.127 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee6f4',
    500: '#40dbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40dbef;
$custom-light: #8ee6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40dbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.857,
    "s": 84.541,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82106,
    "c": 0.12705,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40DBEF

secondary

#A8392B

accent

#452DFB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1617

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #40DBEF

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

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