#40AC96#40AC96

#40AC96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.104 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AC96
RGB	rgb(64, 172, 150)
HSL	hsl(168, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 12.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, -36.10, 2.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 36.17, 176.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.1035 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.104 177)
XYZ	xyz(22.3693, 32.7947, 33.9994)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AC96 #AC4056

analogous

#40AC60 #40AC96 #408CAC

triadic

#40AC96 #9640AC #AC9640

tetradic

#40AC96 #6040AC #AC4056 #8CAC40

square

#40AC96 #6040AC #AC4056 #8CAC40

split-complementary

#40AC96 #AC408C #AC6040

monochromatic

#1F5348 #2F7F6F #40AC96 #64C5B1 #91D6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#40AC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#40AC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AC96

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AC96	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40ac96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 172, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.104 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5b4',
    500: '#40ac96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40ac96;
$custom-light: #81c5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40ac96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.778,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67655,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.32797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AC96

secondary

#C18793

accent

#526DD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AC96

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

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