#40C896#40C896

#40C896 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.138 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C896
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 150)
HSL	hsl(158, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(158, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 25%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -48.25, 14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 50.39, 163.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.1329 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.138 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2707, 44.5974, 35.9665)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C896 #C84072

analogous

#40C852 #40C896 #40B6C8

triadic

#40C896 #9640C8 #C89640

tetradic

#40C896 #5240C8 #C84072 #B6C840

square

#40C896 #5240C8 #C84072 #B6C840

split-complementary

#40C896 #C840B6 #C85240

monochromatic

#206E51 #2D9D74 #40C896 #70D6B0 #9FE3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#40C896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#40C896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C896

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C896	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.138 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9b5',
    500: '#40c896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c896;
$custom-light: #85d9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.941,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74708,
    "c": 0.13796,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C896

secondary

#D094AA

accent

#4980DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C896

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

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