#40C79B#40C79B

#40C79B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.133 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C79B
RGB	rgb(64, 199, 155)
HSL	hsl(160, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(160, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 22.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -46.69, 11.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 48.10, 166.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.1295 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.133 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4510, 44.3002, 38.0554)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C79B #C7406C

analogous

#40C758 #40C79B #40B0C7

triadic

#40C79B #9B40C7 #C79B40

tetradic

#40C79B #5840C7 #C7406C #B0C740

square

#40C79B #5840C7 #C7406C #B0C740

split-complementary

#40C79B #C740B0 #C75840

monochromatic

#206D54 #2E9C78 #40C79B #6FD5B4 #9FE3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#40C79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#40C79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C79B

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C79B	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 199, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.133 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9b8',
    500: '#40c79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c79b;
$custom-light: #85d9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74582,
    "c": 0.13285,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C79B

secondary

#CF94A7

accent

#4A7ADE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C79B

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

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