#40C79E#40C79E

#40C79E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C79E
RGB	rgb(64, 199, 158)
HSL	hsl(162, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(162, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 20.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -45.98, 10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 47.07, 167.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.1281 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.131 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7061, 44.4022, 39.3987)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C79E #C74069

analogous

#40C75B #40C79E #40ADC7

triadic

#40C79E #9E40C7 #C79E40

tetradic

#40C79E #5B40C7 #C74069 #ADC740

square

#40C79E #5B40C7 #C74069 #ADC740

split-complementary

#40C79E #C740AD #C75B40

monochromatic

#206D55 #2E9C7B #40C79E #6FD5B6 #9FE3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#40C79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#40C79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C79E

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C79E	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BA9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0ACA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 199, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9ba',
    500: '#40c79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c79e;
$custom-light: #85d9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7466,
    "c": 0.13066,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C79E

secondary

#CF94A6

accent

#4A77DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C79E

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

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