#40e2ed

Color #40e2ed

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 8.89 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#40e2ed

RGB

rgb(64, 226, 237)

HSL

hsl(183.8, 82.8%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.8, 73%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(73%, 4.6%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(82.7, -36.9, -17.28)

LCH

lch(82.7, 40.75, 205.09)

OKLCH

oklch(83.7%, 0.1291, 201.83)

HWB

hwb(183.8, 25.1%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ed4b40

Analogous

#40eda1

#40e2ed

#408bed

Triadic

#40e2ed

#ed40e2

#e2ed40

Split-complementary

#40e2ed

#ed408b

#eda140

Tetradic

#40e2ed

#4b40ed

#ed4b40

#e2ed40

Square

#40e2ed

#a140ed

#ed4b40

#8bed40

Shades

Color #40e2ed mixed toward black.

#16d8e5

#11adb7

#0d828a

#09565c

#042b2e

Tints

Color #40e2ed mixed toward white.

#60e7f0

#80ecf3

#9ff1f6

#bff5f9

#dffafc

Tones

Color #40e2ed mixed toward gray.

#4ed5df

#5dc9d0

#6bbcc2

#7ab0b3

#88a3a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a3ea · ΔE 32.2

Deuteranopia

#998cea · ΔE 37.3

Tritanopia

#53e8e8 · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#cecece · ΔE 23.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #40e2ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#40e2ed]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#40e2ed (#40e2ed) is rgb(64, 226, 237) in RGB.

No, #40e2ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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