#40C79D#40C79D

#40C79D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.131 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C79D
RGB	rgb(64, 199, 157)
HSL	hsl(161, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(161, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 21.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -46.22, 10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 47.41, 167.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.1286 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.131 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6204, 44.3680, 38.9473)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C79D #C7406A

analogous

#40C75A #40C79D #40AEC7

triadic

#40C79D #9D40C7 #C79D40

tetradic

#40C79D #5A40C7 #C7406A #AEC740

square

#40C79D #5A40C7 #C7406A #AEC740

split-complementary

#40C79D #C740AE #C75A40

monochromatic

#206D55 #2E9C7A #40C79D #6FD5B5 #9FE3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#40C79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#40C79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C79D

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C79D	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)

#C2BA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0ACA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 199, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.131 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9ba',
    500: '#40c79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c79d;
$custom-light: #85d9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74634,
    "c": 0.13138,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C79D

secondary

#CF94A6

accent

#4A78DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C79D

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

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