#40A159#40A159

#40A159 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.140 H 149.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A159
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(135, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(135, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 44.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -44.53, 29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 53.24, 146.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.1204 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.14 149.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6612, 27.2994, 13.8405)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A159 #A14088

analogous

#58A140 #40A159 #40A18A

triadic

#40A159 #5940A1 #A15940

tetradic

#40A159 #4058A1 #A14088 #A18A40

square

#40A159 #4058A1 #A14088 #A18A40

split-complementary

#40A159 #8A40A1 #A14058

monochromatic

#1D4929 #2F7541 #40A159 #5FBF78 #8BD19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#40A159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#40A159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A159

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A159	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968B5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#269E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.140 149.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebe89',
    500: '#40a159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a159;
$custom-light: #7ebe89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.464,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63354,
    "c": 0.14015,
    "h": 149.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A159

secondary

#BC81AD

accent

#55B2D3

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#EFF7F0

border

#CAD0CB

text

#0B120B

muted

#7C817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A159

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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