#40C696#40C696

#40C696 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.135 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C696
RGB	rgb(64, 198, 150)
HSL	hsl(159, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(159, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 0%, 24.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -47.42, 13.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 49.36, 163.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.1308 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.135 165)
XYZ	xyz(27.8105, 43.6771, 35.8131)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C696 #C64070

analogous

#40C653 #40C696 #40B3C6

triadic

#40C696 #9640C6 #C69640

tetradic

#40C696 #5340C6 #C64070 #B3C640

square

#40C696 #5340C6 #C64070 #B3C640

split-complementary

#40C696 #C640B3 #C65340

monochromatic

#206C50 #2E9B74 #40C696 #6FD4B0 #9EE2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#40C696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#40C696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C696

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C696	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 198, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.135 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8b5',
    500: '#40c696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c696;
$custom-light: #85d8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.507,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74205,
    "c": 0.13542,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.4368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C696

secondary

#CE93A9

accent

#4A7FDD

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C696

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

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