#40DDDD#40DDDD

#40DDDD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.126 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40DDDD
RGB	rgb(64, 221, 221)
HSL	hsl(180, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, -39.18, -11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 40.89, 196.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.1217 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.126 195)
XYZ	xyz(41.0160, 58.0185, 77.4296)
Luminance	0.5802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40DDDD #DD4040

analogous

#40DD8E #40DDDD #408EDD

triadic

#40DDDD #DD40DD #DDDD40

tetradic

#40DDDD #8E40DD #DD4040 #8EDD40

square

#40DDDD #8E40DD #DD4040 #8EDD40

split-complementary

#40DDDD #DD408E #DD8E40

monochromatic

#198A8A #22BEBE #40DDDD #74E6E6 #A8EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#40DDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#40DDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40DDDD

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#CFD2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40dddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 221, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.126 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce8e7',
    500: '#40dddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40dddd;
$custom-light: #8ce8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40dddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81937,
    "c": 0.12598,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.58023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40DDDD

secondary

#903131

accent

#3B3BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40DDDD

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

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