#40AA79#40AA79

#40AA79 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.123 H 160.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AA79
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 121)
HSL	hsl(152, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(152, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 28.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -42.10, 16.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 45.20, 158.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% -0.1151 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.123 160)
XYZ	xyz(19.9384, 31.2179, 23.0604)
Luminance	0.3122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AA79 #AA4071

analogous

#40AA44 #40AA79 #40A6AA

triadic

#40AA79 #7940AA #AA7940

tetradic

#40AA79 #4440AA #AA4071 #A6AA40

square

#40AA79 #4440AA #AA4071 #A6AA40

split-complementary

#40AA79 #AA40A6 #AA4440

monochromatic

#1F513A #2F7E59 #40AA79 #63C497 #8FD5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#40AA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#40AA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AA79

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AA79	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89E76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A937C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aa79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.123 160.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c4a0',
    500: '#40aa79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aa79;
$custom-light: #80c4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aa79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.264,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66367,
    "c": 0.12252,
    "h": 160
  },
  "luminance": 0.3122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AA79

secondary

#C086A1

accent

#538FD5

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AA79

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

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