#40C79C#40C79C

#40C79C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.132 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C79C
RGB	rgb(64, 199, 156)
HSL	hsl(161, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(161, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 21.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -46.45, 11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 47.76, 166.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.129 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.132 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5354, 44.3339, 38.4995)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C79C #C7406B

analogous

#40C759 #40C79C #40AFC7

triadic

#40C79C #9C40C7 #C79C40

tetradic

#40C79C #5940C7 #C7406B #AFC740

square

#40C79C #5940C7 #C7406B #AFC740

split-complementary

#40C79C #C740AF #C75940

monochromatic

#206D54 #2E9C79 #40C79C #6FD5B5 #9FE3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#40C79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#40C79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C79C

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C79C	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B99A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 199, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.132 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9b9',
    500: '#40c79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c79c;
$custom-light: #85d9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74608,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C79C

secondary

#CF94A7

accent

#4A79DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C79C

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

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