#40DCE8#40DCE8

#40DCE8 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.126 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40DCE8
RGB	rgb(64, 220, 232)
HSL	hsl(184, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 5.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -35.57, -17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 39.64, 206.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.1161 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.126 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2666, 58.0975, 85.3146)
Luminance	0.5810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40DCE8 #E84C40

analogous

#40E8A0 #40DCE8 #4088E8

triadic

#40DCE8 #E840DC #DCE840

tetradic

#40DCE8 #A040E8 #E84C40 #88E840

square

#40DCE8 #A040E8 #E84C40 #88E840

split-complementary

#40DCE8 #E84088 #E8A040

monochromatic

#13919B #19C4D2 #40DCE8 #77E6EF #ADF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#40DCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#40DCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40DCE8

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40DCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40DCE8	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40dce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 220, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.126 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7ef',
    500: '#40dce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40dce8;
$custom-light: #8de7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40dce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 78.505,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82084,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40DCE8

secondary

#9E362E

accent

#4133F5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #40DCE8

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

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