#40C399#40C399

#40C399 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.129 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C399
RGB	rgb(64, 195, 153)
HSL	hsl(161, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 21.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -45.48, 10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 46.76, 166.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.1263 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.129 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3762, 42.4171, 36.8754)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C399 #C3406A

analogous

#40C357 #40C399 #40ACC3

triadic

#40C399 #9940C3 #C39940

tetradic

#40C399 #5740C3 #C3406A #ACC340

square

#40C399 #5740C3 #C3406A #ACC340

split-complementary

#40C399 #C340AC #C35740

monochromatic

#216851 #2F9775 #40C399 #6FD2B2 #9DE0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#40C399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#40C399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C399

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C399	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 195, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.129 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6b7',
    500: '#40c399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c399;
$custom-light: #84d6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.763,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73527,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C399

secondary

#CC92A5

accent

#4C7ADC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C399

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

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