#40A236#40A236

#40A236 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.172 H 141.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A236
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(114, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(114, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 66.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -49.60, 46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 67.73, 137.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.1353 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.172 141.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6997, 27.1955, 7.9112)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A236 #9836A2

analogous

#76A236 #40A236 #36A262

triadic

#40A236 #3640A2 #A23640

tetradic

#40A236 #3676A2 #9836A2 #A26236

square

#40A236 #3676A2 #9836A2 #A26236

split-complementary

#40A236 #6236A2 #A23676

monochromatic

#1C4617 #2E7427 #40A236 #5BC550 #86D47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#40A236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#40A236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A236

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A236	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.172 141.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80be72',
    500: '#40a236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a236;
$custom-light: #80be72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.444,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63139,
    "c": 0.17216,
    "h": 141.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A236

secondary

#B777BD

accent

#4EDACD

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7ED

border

#CAD0C8

text

#0B1208

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A236

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

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