#40AC79#40AC79

#40AC79 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.125 H 159.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AC79
RGB	rgb(64, 172, 121)
HSL	hsl(152, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(152, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 29.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -42.95, 17.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 46.31, 158.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.1173 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.125 159.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3162, 31.9734, 23.1863)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AC79 #AC4073

analogous

#40AC43 #40AC79 #40A9AC

triadic

#40AC79 #7940AC #AC7940

tetradic

#40AC79 #4340AC #AC4073 #A9AC40

square

#40AC79 #4340AC #AC4073 #A9AC40

split-complementary

#40AC79 #AC40A9 #AC4340

monochromatic

#1F533A #2F7F5A #40AC79 #64C597 #91D6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#40AC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#40AC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AC79

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AC79	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C957C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ac79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 172, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.125 159.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c5a0',
    500: '#40ac79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ac79;
$custom-light: #80c5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ac79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.667,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66883,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 159.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AC79

secondary

#C187A2

accent

#5290D5

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AC79

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

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