#40A459#40A459

#40A459 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.144 H 148.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A459
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(135, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(135, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 45.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, -45.74, 30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 54.93, 146.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.1236 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.144 148.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1918, 28.3605, 14.0174)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A459 #A4408B

analogous

#59A440 #40A459 #40A48B

triadic

#40A459 #5940A4 #A45940

tetradic

#40A459 #4059A4 #A4408B #A48B40

square

#40A459 #4059A4 #A4408B #A48B40

split-complementary

#40A459 #8B40A4 #A44059

monochromatic

#1E4C29 #2F7841 #40A459 #60C178 #8CD29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#40A459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#40A459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A459

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A459	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988E5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24A192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.144 148.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc089',
    500: '#40a459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a459;
$custom-light: #7fc089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64145,
    "c": 0.14436,
    "h": 148.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A459

secondary

#BD83AE

accent

#54B4D4

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#EFF7F0

border

#CAD0CB

text

#0B120B

muted

#7C817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A459

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

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