#40bcd0

Color #40bcd0

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 15 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#40bcd0

RGB

rgb(64, 188, 208)

HSL

hsl(188.3, 60.5%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.3, 69.2%, 81.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)

LAB

lab(70.6, -27.34, -19.98)

LCH

lch(70.6, 33.86, 216.16)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.1099, 210.39)

HWB

hwb(188.3, 25.1%, 18.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d05440

Analogous

#40d09c

#40bcd0

#4074d0

Triadic

#40bcd0

#d040bc

#bcd040

Split-complementary

#40bcd0

#d04074

#d09c40

Tetradic

#40bcd0

#5440d0

#d05440

#bcd040

Square

#40bcd0

#9c40d0

#d05440

#74d040

Shades

Color #40bcd0 mixed toward black.

#2da3b6

#248291

#1b626d

#124149

#092124

Tints

Color #40bcd0 mixed toward white.

#60c7d8

#80d2e0

#9fdee7

#bfe9ef

#dff4f7

Tones

Color #40bcd0 mixed toward gray.

#4cb3c4

#58abb8

#64a2ac

#7099a0

#7c9194

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8889cb · ΔE 28.3

Deuteranopia

#8178ca · ΔE 32

Tritanopia

#4dc8c7 · ΔE 8.1

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #40bcd0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#40bcd0]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#40bcd0 (#40bcd0) is rgb(64, 188, 208) in RGB.

No, #40bcd0 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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