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#40CDC6

#40cdc6 ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#40cdc6 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 80.39% green and 77.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.78% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.41% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 177.02°, with 58.51% saturation and 52.75% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 1.35.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.4883

Complementary

  1. #40cdc6
  2. #cd4047

Split complementary

  1. #40cdc6
  2. #cd408e
  3. #cd8040

Analogous

  1. #40cd80
  2. #40cdc6
  3. #408ecd

Triadic

  1. #40cdc6
  2. #c640cd
  3. #cdc640

Tetradic

  1. #40cdc6
  2. #4047cd
  3. #cd4047
  4. #cdc640

Square

  1. #40cdc6
  2. #8040cd
  3. #cd4047
  4. #8ecd40

Monochromatic

  1. #185c59
  2. #289993
  3. #40cdc6
  4. #7dddd8
  5. #b9edea

Shades

#40cdc6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #40cdc6
  2. #3ab9b2
  3. #33a49e
  4. #2d908b
  5. #267b77
  6. #206763
  7. #1a524f
  8. #133e3b
  9. #0d2928
  10. #061514
  11. #000000

Tints

#40cdc6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #40cdc6
  2. #53d2cc
  3. #66d7d1
  4. #79dcd7
  5. #8ce1dd
  6. #a0e6e3
  7. #b3ebe8
  8. #c6f0ee
  9. #d9f5f4
  10. #ecfaf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#40cdc6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #40cdc6
  2. #46c5bf
  3. #4dbeb8
  4. #53b6b1
  5. #5aaeaa
  6. #60a7a3
  7. #669f9c
  8. #6d9795
  9. #738f8e
  10. #7a8887
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98c2bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1c2c6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adb3c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ec7c6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ebec7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d0c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-40cdc6 {
  color: #40cdc6;
}
Background
.bg-40cdc6 {
  background-color: #40cdc6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-40cdc6 {
  border: 2px solid #40cdc6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #40cdc6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 205 198;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 59% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-40cdc6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40cdc6, #408ecd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-40cdc6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 205 198 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 1.35 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 2.75 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 3.60 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.25 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 5.30 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.46 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 6.85 #bf3239 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#40cdc6  rgb(64, 205, 198)  hsl(177, 59%, 53%)  Medium Turquoise
#cd4047  rgb(205, 64, 71)  hsl(357, 59%, 53%)  Brick Red
#c640cd  rgb(198, 64, 205)  hsl(297, 59%, 53%)  Medium Orchid
#cdc640  rgb(205, 198, 64)  hsl(57, 59%, 53%)  Citrine