#40C49C#40C49C

#40C49C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.128 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C49C
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 156)
HSL	hsl(162, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 20.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -45.19, 9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 46.23, 167.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.126 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.128 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8519, 42.9670, 38.2717)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C49C #C44068

analogous

#40C45A #40C49C #40AAC4

triadic

#40C49C #9C40C4 #C49C40

tetradic

#40C49C #5A40C4 #C44068 #AAC440

square

#40C49C #5A40C4 #C44068 #AAC440

split-complementary

#40C49C #C440AA #C45A40

monochromatic

#206953 #2F9878 #40C49C #6FD2B4 #9EE1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#40C49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#40C49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C49C

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C49C	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.128 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7b9',
    500: '#40c49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c49c;
$custom-light: #85d7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.818,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73856,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C49C

secondary

#CD93A4

accent

#4C77DC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C49C

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

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