#40C491#40C491

#40C491 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.137 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C491
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 145)
HSL	hsl(157, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(157, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 26%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -47.72, 15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 50.13, 162.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.1311 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.137 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9623, 42.6112, 33.5864)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C491 #C44073

analogous

#40C44F #40C491 #40B5C4

triadic

#40C491 #9140C4 #C49140

tetradic

#40C491 #4F40C4 #C44073 #B5C440

square

#40C491 #4F40C4 #C44073 #B5C440

split-complementary

#40C491 #C440B5 #C44F40

monochromatic

#20694D #2F986F #40C491 #6FD2AC #9EE1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#40C491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#40C491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C491

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C491	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B68E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.137 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7b1',
    500: '#40c491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c491;
$custom-light: #84d7b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.818,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73578,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C491

secondary

#CD93A9

accent

#4C83DC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF5

border

#CBD3CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C491

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

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