#40C189#40C189

#40C189 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.140 H 160.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C189
RGB	rgb(64, 193, 137)
HSL	hsl(154, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(154, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 29%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -48.24, 18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 51.54, 159.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.1318 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.14 160.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6971, 41.0333, 30.2280)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C189 #C14078

analogous

#40C148 #40C189 #40B9C1

triadic

#40C189 #8940C1 #C18940

tetradic

#40C189 #4840C1 #C14078 #B9C140

square

#40C189 #4840C1 #C14078 #B9C140

split-complementary

#40C189 #C140B9 #C14840

monochromatic

#216648 #309468 #40C189 #6ED0A6 #9CDFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#40C189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#40C189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C189

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C189	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA78D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 193, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.140 160.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4ab',
    500: '#40c189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c189;
$custom-light: #84d4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.953,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72629,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 160.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C189

secondary

#CB92AB

accent

#4D8BDA

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C189

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

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