#40C59E#40C59E

#40C59E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.128 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C59E
RGB	rgb(64, 197, 158)
HSL	hsl(162, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 19.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -45.14, 9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 46.06, 168.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.1261 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.128 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2490, 43.4880, 39.2464)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C59E #C54067

analogous

#40C55B #40C59E #40A9C5

triadic

#40C59E #9E40C5 #C59E40

tetradic

#40C59E #5B40C5 #C54067 #A9C540

square

#40C59E #5B40C5 #C54067 #A9C540

split-complementary

#40C59E #C540A9 #C55B40

monochromatic

#206A55 #2F997A #40C59E #6FD3B6 #9EE2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#40C59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#40C59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C59E

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C59E	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEABA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 197, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.128 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7ba',
    500: '#40c59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c59e;
$custom-light: #85d7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.406,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7416,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C59E

secondary

#CE93A4

accent

#4B76DD

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C59E

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

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