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#40DCA5

#40dca5 ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#40dca5 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 86.27% green and 64.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.91% cyan, 0% magenta, 25% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 158.85°, with 69.03% saturation and 55.69% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 4.36.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.5499

Complementary

  1. #40dca5
  2. #dc4077

Split complementary

  1. #40dca5
  2. #dc40c5
  3. #dc5740

Analogous

  1. #40dc57
  2. #40dca5
  3. #40c5dc

Triadic

  1. #40dca5
  2. #a540dc
  3. #dca540

Tetradic

  1. #40dca5
  2. #4077dc
  3. #dc4077
  4. #dca540

Square

  1. #40dca5
  2. #5740dc
  3. #dc4077
  4. #c5dc40

Monochromatic

  1. #146f4f
  2. #20af7d
  3. #40dca5
  4. #81e8c3
  5. #c1f4e2

Shades

#40dca5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #40dca5
  2. #3ac695
  3. #33b084
  4. #2d9a74
  5. #268463
  6. #206e53
  7. #1a5842
  8. #134232
  9. #0d2c21
  10. #061611
  11. #000000

Tints

#40dca5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #40dca5
  2. #53e0ae
  3. #66e3b7
  4. #79e7c0
  5. #8ceac9
  6. #a0eed2
  7. #b3f1db
  8. #c6f5e4
  9. #d9f8ed
  10. #ecfcf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#40dca5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #40dca5
  2. #46d3a1
  3. #4dca9e
  4. #53c09a
  5. #5ab796
  6. #60ae93
  7. #66a58f
  8. #6d9c8b
  9. #739287
  10. #7a8984
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0ceb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8cca2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4bea9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dccd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afd3a3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0cba7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00dcbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-40dca5 {
  color: #40dca5;
}
Background
.bg-40dca5 {
  background-color: #40dca5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-40dca5 {
  border: 2px solid #40dca5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #40dca5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 220 165;
  --color-primary-hsl: 159 69% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-40dca5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40dca5, #40c5dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-40dca5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 220 165 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.36 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.94 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 8.26 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 8.96 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 9.13 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.57 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 10.20 #bf235a Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#40dca5  rgb(64, 220, 165)  hsl(159, 69%, 56%)  Caribbean Green
#dc4077  rgb(220, 64, 119)  hsl(339, 69%, 56%)  Razzmatazz
#a540dc  rgb(165, 64, 220)  hsl(279, 69%, 56%)  Dark Orchid
#dca540  rgb(220, 165, 64)  hsl(39, 69%, 56%)  Goldenrod