#40C09B#40C09B

#40C09B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.124 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C09B
RGB	rgb(64, 192, 155)
HSL	hsl(163, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 19.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -43.72, 8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 44.55, 168.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.1223 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.124 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8774, 41.1529, 37.5308)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C09B #C04065

analogous

#40C05B #40C09B #40A5C0

triadic

#40C09B #9B40C0 #C09B40

tetradic

#40C09B #5B40C0 #C04065 #A5C040

square

#40C09B #5B40C0 #C04065 #A5C040

split-complementary

#40C09B #C040A5 #C05B40

monochromatic

#216451 #309276 #40C09B #6ECFB3 #9CDECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#40C09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#40C09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C09B

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C09B	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 192, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.124 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4b8',
    500: '#40c09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c09b;
$custom-light: #84d4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.656,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72827,
    "c": 0.12424,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C09B

secondary

#CB91A2

accent

#4E76DA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C09B

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

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