#40C49D#40C49D

#40C49D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.128 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C49D
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 157)
HSL	hsl(162, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 19.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -44.95, 9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 45.90, 168.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.1255 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.128 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9369, 43.0011, 38.7195)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C49D #C44067

analogous

#40C45B #40C49D #40A9C4

triadic

#40C49D #9D40C4 #C49D40

tetradic

#40C49D #5B40C4 #C44067 #A9C440

square

#40C49D #5B40C4 #C44067 #A9C440

split-complementary

#40C49D #C440A9 #C45B40

monochromatic

#206954 #2F9879 #40C49D #6FD2B5 #9EE1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#40C49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#40C49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C49D

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C49D	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.128 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7ba',
    500: '#40c49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c49d;
$custom-light: #85d7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.273,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73883,
    "c": 0.12771,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C49D

secondary

#CD93A4

accent

#4C76DC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C49D

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

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