#40C596#40C596

#40C596 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.134 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C596
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(159, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(159, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -47.01, 13.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 48.84, 164.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.1298 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.134 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5827, 43.2214, 35.7372)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C596 #C5406F

analogous

#40C553 #40C596 #40B1C5

triadic

#40C596 #9640C5 #C59640

tetradic

#40C596 #5340C5 #C5406F #B1C540

square

#40C596 #5340C5 #C5406F #B1C540

split-complementary

#40C596 #C540B1 #C55340

monochromatic

#206A50 #2F9974 #40C596 #6FD3B0 #9EE2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#40C596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#40C596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C596

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C596	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.134 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7b5',
    500: '#40c596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c596;
$custom-light: #85d7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.797,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73953,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C596

secondary

#CE93A8

accent

#4B7FDD

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C596

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

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