#40C49E#40C49E

#40C49E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.127 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C49E
RGB	rgb(64, 196, 158)
HSL	hsl(163, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 19.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -44.71, 8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 45.56, 168.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.125 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.127 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0227, 43.0353, 39.1709)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C49E #C44066

analogous

#40C45C #40C49E #40A8C4

triadic

#40C49E #9E40C4 #C49E40

tetradic

#40C49E #5C40C4 #C44066 #A8C440

square

#40C49E #5C40C4 #C44066 #A8C440

split-complementary

#40C49E #C440A8 #C45C40

monochromatic

#206954 #2F987A #40C49E #6FD2B6 #9EE1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#40C49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#40C49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C49E

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C49E	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAAA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 196, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.127 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6ba',
    500: '#40c49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c49e;
$custom-light: #85d6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7391,
    "c": 0.12701,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C49E

secondary

#CD93A3

accent

#4C75DC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C49E

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

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