#40AF99#40AF99

#40AF99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.105 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AF99
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 153)
HSL	hsl(168, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 12.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -36.70, 2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 36.76, 176.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.1053 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.105 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1914, 34.0474, 35.4804)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AF99 #AF4056

analogous

#40AF62 #40AF99 #408EAF

triadic

#40AF99 #9940AF #AF9940

tetradic

#40AF99 #6240AF #AF4056 #8EAF40

square

#40AF99 #6240AF #AF4056 #8EAF40

split-complementary

#40AF99 #AF408E #AF6240

monochromatic

#1F554B #308272 #40AF99 #65C7B4 #92D7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#40AF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#40AF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AF99

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AF99	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98999B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40af99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.105 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7b7',
    500: '#40af99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40af99;
$custom-light: #81c7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40af99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.108,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.685,
    "c": 0.10546,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AF99

secondary

#C38894

accent

#526CD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AF99

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

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