#40C495#40C495

#40C495 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.134 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C495
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 149)
HSL	hsl(159, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 24%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -46.82, 13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 48.68, 164.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.1292 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.134 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2762, 42.7368, 35.2395)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C495 #C4406F

analogous

#40C453 #40C495 #40B1C4

triadic

#40C495 #9540C4 #C49540

tetradic

#40C495 #5340C4 #C4406F #B1C440

square

#40C495 #5340C4 #C4406F #B1C440

split-complementary

#40C495 #C440B1 #C45340

monochromatic

#20694F #2F9873 #40C495 #6FD2AF #9EE1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#40C495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#40C495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C495

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C495	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.134 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7b4',
    500: '#40c495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c495;
$custom-light: #85d7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.636,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73676,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C495

secondary

#CD93A7

accent

#4C7FDC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C495

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

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