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#40D4CD

#40d4cd ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#40d4cd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 83.14% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.81% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.3% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 177.16°, with 63.25% saturation and 54.12% 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 11.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 1.11.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.5258

Complementary

  1. #40d4cd
  2. #d44047

Split complementary

  1. #40d4cd
  2. #d44091
  3. #d48340

Analogous

  1. #40d483
  2. #40d4cd
  3. #4091d4

Triadic

  1. #40d4cd
  2. #cd40d4
  3. #d4cd40

Tetradic

  1. #40d4cd
  2. #4047d4
  3. #d44047
  4. #d4cd40

Square

  1. #40d4cd
  2. #8340d4
  3. #d44047
  4. #91d440

Monochromatic

  1. #176461
  2. #25a39d
  3. #40d4cd
  4. #7ee2dd
  5. #bdf0ee

Shades

#40d4cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #40d4cd
  2. #3abfb9
  3. #33aaa4
  4. #2d9490
  5. #267f7b
  6. #206a67
  7. #1a5552
  8. #13403e
  9. #0d2a29
  10. #061515
  11. #000000

Tints

#40d4cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #40d4cd
  2. #53d8d2
  3. #66ddd7
  4. #79e1dc
  5. #8ce5e1
  6. #a0eae6
  7. #b3eeeb
  8. #c6f2f0
  9. #d9f6f5
  10. #ecfbfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#40d4cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #40d4cd
  2. #46ccc5
  3. #4dc3be
  4. #53bbb6
  5. #5ab2ae
  6. #60aaa7
  7. #66a29f
  8. #6d9997
  9. #73918f
  10. #7a8888
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9dc8c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8c9cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2b9ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dad1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3cdcd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92c4ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d7d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-40d4cd {
  color: #40d4cd;
}
Background
.bg-40d4cd {
  background-color: #40d4cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-40d4cd {
  border: 2px solid #40d4cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #40d4cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 212 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 63% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-40d4cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40d4cd, #4091d4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-40d4cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 212 205 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 1.11 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 3.32 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 3.82 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 3.97 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 4.84 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 6.91 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.54 #bf2b32 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#40d4cd  rgb(64, 212, 205)  hsl(177, 63%, 54%)  Medium Turquoise
#d44047  rgb(212, 64, 71)  hsl(357, 63%, 54%)  Crimson
#cd40d4  rgb(205, 64, 212)  hsl(297, 63%, 54%)  Medium Orchid
#d4cd40  rgb(212, 205, 64)  hsl(57, 63%, 54%)  Citrine