#40C489#40C489

#40C489 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.144 H 159.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C489
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 137)
HSL	hsl(153, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(153, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 30.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -49.45, 19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 53.13, 158.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.1349 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.144 159.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3670, 42.3731, 30.4513)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C489 #C4407B

analogous

#40C447 #40C489 #40BDC4

triadic

#40C489 #8940C4 #C48940

tetradic

#40C489 #4740C4 #C4407B #BDC440

square

#40C489 #4740C4 #C4407B #BDC440

split-complementary

#40C489 #C440BD #C44740

monochromatic

#206949 #2F9869 #40C489 #6FD2A6 #9EE1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#40C489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#40C489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C489

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C489	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#C2B585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A98D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.144 159.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7ab',
    500: '#40c489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c489;
$custom-light: #84d7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.182,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7339,
    "c": 0.14361,
    "h": 159.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C489

secondary

#CD93AD

accent

#4C8CDC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C489

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

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