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#40DCB2

#40dcb2 ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#40dcb2 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 69.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.91% cyan, 0% magenta, 19.09% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 163.85°, 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 12.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 4.69.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.5549

Complementary

  1. #40dcb2
  2. #dc406a

Split complementary

  1. #40dcb2
  2. #dc40b8
  3. #dc6440

Analogous

  1. #40dc64
  2. #40dcb2
  3. #40b8dc

Triadic

  1. #40dcb2
  2. #b240dc
  3. #dcb240

Tetradic

  1. #40dcb2
  2. #406adc
  3. #dc406a
  4. #dcb240

Square

  1. #40dcb2
  2. #6440dc
  3. #dc406a
  4. #b8dc40

Monochromatic

  1. #146f56
  2. #20af89
  3. #40dcb2
  4. #81e8cc
  5. #c1f4e6

Shades

#40dcb2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #40dcb2
  2. #3ac6a0
  3. #33b08e
  4. #2d9a7d
  5. #26846b
  6. #206e59
  7. #1a5847
  8. #134235
  9. #0d2c24
  10. #061612
  11. #000000

Tints

#40dcb2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #40dcb2
  2. #53e0ba
  3. #66e3c1
  4. #79e7c9
  5. #8cead1
  6. #a0eed9
  7. #b3f1e0
  8. #c6f5e8
  9. #d9f8f0
  10. #ecfcf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#40dcb2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #40dcb2
  2. #46d3ad
  3. #4dcaa8
  4. #53c0a3
  5. #5ab79e
  6. #60ae99
  7. #66a594
  8. #6d9c8f
  9. #73928a
  10. #7a8985
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0cebd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6cdb0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1beb5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ded0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aed3b1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ecbb4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ddc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-40dcb2 {
  color: #40dcb2;
}
Background
.bg-40dcb2 {
  background-color: #40dcb2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-40dcb2 {
  border: 2px solid #40dcb2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #40dcb2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 220 178;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 69% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-40dcb2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40dcb2, #40b8dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-40dcb2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 220 178 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 4.69 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 5.02 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.86 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 8.45 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.12 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 10.41 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 10.45 #bf234d Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#40dcb2  rgb(64, 220, 178)  hsl(164, 69%, 56%)  Medium Aquamarine
#dc406a  rgb(220, 64, 106)  hsl(344, 69%, 56%)  Cerise
#b240dc  rgb(178, 64, 220)  hsl(284, 69%, 56%)  Medium Orchid
#dcb240  rgb(220, 178, 64)  hsl(44, 69%, 56%)  Metallic Gold