#40DEC8#40DEC8

#40DEC8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.132 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40DEC8
RGB	rgb(64, 222, 200)
HSL	hsl(172, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 9.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -45.32, -0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 45.33, 181.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.1318 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.132 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6559, 57.4981, 63.6933)
Luminance	0.5750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40DEC8 #DE4056

analogous

#40DE79 #40DEC8 #40A5DE

triadic

#40DEC8 #C840DE #DEC840

tetradic

#40DEC8 #7940DE #DE4056 #A5DE40

square

#40DEC8 #7940DE #DE4056 #A5DE40

split-complementary

#40DEC8 #DE40A5 #DE7940

monochromatic

#188B7B #21C0AA #40DEC8 #74E7D7 #A8F0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#40DEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#40DEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40DEC8

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40DEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40DEC8	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)

#D4D1C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40dec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 222, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.132 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be9d8',
    500: '#40dec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40dec8;
$custom-light: #8be9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40dec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.646,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81506,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40DEC8

secondary

#91313F

accent

#3A53ED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #40DEC8

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

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