#40C099#40C099

#40C099 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.126 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C099
RGB	rgb(64, 192, 153)
HSL	hsl(162, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 20.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -44.20, 9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 45.22, 167.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.1232 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.126 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7108, 41.0862, 36.6535)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C099 #C04067

analogous

#40C059 #40C099 #40A7C0

triadic

#40C099 #9940C0 #C09940

tetradic

#40C099 #5940C0 #C04067 #A7C040

square

#40C099 #5940C0 #C04067 #A7C040

split-complementary

#40C099 #C040A7 #C05940

monochromatic

#216450 #309275 #40C099 #6ECFB2 #9CDECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#40C099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#40C099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C099

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C099	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 192, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.126 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4b7',
    500: '#40c099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c099;
$custom-light: #84d4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.719,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72773,
    "c": 0.12565,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C099

secondary

#CB91A3

accent

#4E79DA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C099

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

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