#40C797#40C797

#40C797 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.136 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C797
RGB	rgb(64, 199, 151)
HSL	hsl(159, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(159, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 24.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -47.61, 13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 49.52, 164.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.1314 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.136 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1207, 44.1681, 36.3154)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C797 #C74070

analogous

#40C754 #40C797 #40B3C7

triadic

#40C797 #9740C7 #C79740

tetradic

#40C797 #5440C7 #C74070 #B3C740

square

#40C797 #5440C7 #C74070 #B3C740

split-complementary

#40C797 #C740B3 #C75440

monochromatic

#206D51 #2E9C75 #40C797 #6FD5B1 #9FE3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#40C797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#40C797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C797

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C797	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 199, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.136 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9b5',
    500: '#40c797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c797;
$custom-light: #85d9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74481,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C797

secondary

#CF94A9

accent

#4A7EDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C797

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

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