#40DECE#40DECE

#40DECE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.130 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40DECE
RGB	rgb(64, 222, 206)
HSL	hsl(174, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 7.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -43.74, -3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 43.91, 185.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.1292 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.13 185)
XYZ	xyz(39.3709, 57.7841, 67.4590)
Luminance	0.5779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40DECE #DE4050

analogous

#40DE7F #40DECE #409FDE

triadic

#40DECE #CE40DE #DECE40

tetradic

#40DECE #7F40DE #DE4050 #9FDE40

square

#40DECE #7F40DE #DE4050 #9FDE40

split-complementary

#40DECE #DE409F #DE7F40

monochromatic

#188B80 #21C0B0 #40DECE #74E7DB #A8F0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#40DECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#40DECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40DECE

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40DECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40DECE	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40dece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 222, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.130 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be9dc',
    500: '#40dece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40dece;
$custom-light: #8be9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40dece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.924,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81689,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.57789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40DECE

secondary

#91313B

accent

#3A4DED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #40DECE

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

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