#40DCDF#40DCDF

#40DCDF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.125 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40DCDF
RGB	rgb(64, 220, 223)
HSL	hsl(181, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -38.16, -13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 40.35, 198.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.1199 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.125 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0208, 57.5992, 78.7535)
Luminance	0.5760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40DCDF #DF4340

analogous

#40DF93 #40DCDF #408DDF

triadic

#40DCDF #DF40DC #DCDF40

tetradic

#40DCDF #9340DF #DF4340 #8DDF40

square

#40DCDF #9340DF #DF4340 #8DDF40

split-complementary

#40DCDF #DF408D #DF9340

monochromatic

#188B8D #20BEC1 #40DCDF #74E6E8 #A9EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#40DCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#40DCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40DCDF

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40DCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40DCDF	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)

#CDD2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40dcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 220, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.125 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce7e9',
    500: '#40dcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40dcdf;
$custom-light: #8ce7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40dcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.132,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81767,
    "c": 0.12531,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40DCDF

secondary

#923331

accent

#3D3AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40DCDF

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

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