#40DCE2#40DCE2

#40DCE2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.125 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40DCE2
RGB	rgb(64, 220, 226)
HSL	hsl(182, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 2.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -37.30, -14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 40.05, 201.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.1186 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.125 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4288, 57.7624, 80.9026)
Luminance	0.5777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40DCE2 #E24640

analogous

#40E297 #40DCE2 #408BE2

triadic

#40DCE2 #E240DC #DCE240

tetradic

#40DCE2 #9740E2 #E24640 #8BE240

square

#40DCE2 #9740E2 #E24640 #8BE240

split-complementary

#40DCE2 #E2408B #E29740

monochromatic

#168D92 #1EC0C7 #40DCE2 #75E6EA #AAEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#40DCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#40DCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40DCE2

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40DCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40DCE2	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40dce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 220, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.125 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7eb',
    500: '#40dce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40dce2;
$custom-light: #8de7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40dce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.222,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81871,
    "c": 0.12535,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40DCE2

secondary

#963430

accent

#3E38F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40DCE2

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

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