#40C196#40C196

#40C196 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.129 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C196
RGB	rgb(64, 193, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 22.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -45.33, 11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 46.77, 165.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.1257 0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.129 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6864, 41.4290, 35.4384)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C196 #C1406B

analogous

#40C155 #40C196 #40ABC1

triadic

#40C196 #9640C1 #C19640

tetradic

#40C196 #5540C1 #C1406B #ABC140

square

#40C196 #5540C1 #C1406B #ABC140

split-complementary

#40C196 #C140AB #C15540

monochromatic

#21664F #309473 #40C196 #6ED0AF #9CDFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#40C196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#40C196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C196

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C196	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 193, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.129 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4b5',
    500: '#40c196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c196;
$custom-light: #84d4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72946,
    "c": 0.1291,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C196

secondary

#CB92A5

accent

#4D7CDA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C196

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

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