#40DCDD#40DCDD

#40DCDD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.125 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40DCDD
RGB	rgb(64, 220, 221)
HSL	hsl(180, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -38.73, -12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 40.59, 197.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.1207 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.125 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7528, 57.4920, 77.3418)
Luminance	0.5750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40DCDD #DD4140

analogous

#40DD8F #40DCDD #408DDD

triadic

#40DCDD #DD40DC #DCDD40

tetradic

#40DCDD #8F40DD #DD4140 #8DDD40

square

#40DCDD #8F40DD #DD4140 #8DDD40

split-complementary

#40DCDD #DD408D #DD8F40

monochromatic

#19898A #22BDBE #40DCDD #74E6E6 #A8EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#40DCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#40DCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40DCDD

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40DCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40DCDD	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40dcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 220, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.125 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce7e7',
    500: '#40dcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40dcdd;
$custom-light: #8ce7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40dcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.382,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81698,
    "c": 0.12537,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40DCDD

secondary

#903231

accent

#3C3BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40DCDD

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

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