#40C185#40C185

#40C185 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.143 H 159.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C185
RGB	rgb(64, 193, 133)
HSL	hsl(152, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(152, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 31.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -49.08, 20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 53.07, 157.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.1337 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.143 159.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4155, 40.9206, 28.7448)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C185 #C1407C

analogous

#40C144 #40C185 #40BCC1

triadic

#40C185 #8540C1 #C18540

tetradic

#40C185 #4440C1 #C1407C #BCC140

square

#40C185 #4440C1 #C1407C #BCC140

split-complementary

#40C185 #C140BC #C14440

monochromatic

#216646 #309465 #40C185 #6ED0A3 #9CDFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#40C185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#40C185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C185

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C185	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 193, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.143 159.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5a8',
    500: '#40c185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c185;
$custom-light: #84d5a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.093,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72538,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 159.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C185

secondary

#CB92AC

accent

#4D8FDA

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C185

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

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