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#40DCBC

#40dcbc ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#40dcbc 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 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.91% cyan, 0% magenta, 14.55% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 167.69°, with 69.03% saturation and 55.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, 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 12.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 5.11.

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Relative luminance0.5591

Complementary

  1. #40dcbc
  2. #dc4060

Split complementary

  1. #40dcbc
  2. #dc40ae
  3. #dc6e40

Analogous

  1. #40dc6e
  2. #40dcbc
  3. #40aedc

Triadic

  1. #40dcbc
  2. #bc40dc
  3. #dcbc40

Tetradic

  1. #40dcbc
  2. #4060dc
  3. #dc4060
  4. #dcbc40

Square

  1. #40dcbc
  2. #6e40dc
  3. #dc4060
  4. #aedc40

Monochromatic

  1. #146f5c
  2. #20af92
  3. #40dcbc
  4. #81e8d3
  5. #c1f4e9

Shades

#40dcbc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #40dcbc
  2. #3ac6a9
  3. #33b096
  4. #2d9a84
  5. #268471
  6. #206e5e
  7. #1a584b
  8. #134238
  9. #0d2c26
  10. #061613
  11. #000000

Tints

#40dcbc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #40dcbc
  2. #53e0c3
  3. #66e3c9
  4. #79e7d0
  5. #8cead7
  6. #a0eede
  7. #b3f1e4
  8. #c6f5eb
  9. #d9f8f2
  10. #ecfcf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#40dcbc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #40dcbc
  2. #46d3b6
  3. #4dcab0
  4. #53c0aa
  5. #5ab7a4
  6. #60ae9e
  7. #66a598
  8. #6d9c92
  9. #73928c
  10. #7a8986
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1cfc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4cebb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfbfbe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dfd2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #add4bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ccbbd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00deca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-40dcbc {
  color: #40dcbc;
}
Background
.bg-40dcbc {
  background-color: #40dcbc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-40dcbc {
  border: 2px solid #40dcbc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #40dcbc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 220 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 168 69% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-40dcbc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40dcbc, #40aedc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-40dcbc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 220 188 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.11 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.13 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 6.85 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.78 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 8.79 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.89 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.49 #bf2343 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#40dcbc  rgb(64, 220, 188)  hsl(168, 69%, 56%)  Medium Aquamarine
#dc4060  rgb(220, 64, 96)  hsl(348, 69%, 56%)  Cerise
#bc40dc  rgb(188, 64, 220)  hsl(288, 69%, 56%)  Medium Orchid
#dcbc40  rgb(220, 188, 64)  hsl(48, 69%, 56%)  Old Gold