#40C899#40C899

#40C899 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.136 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C899
RGB	rgb(64, 200, 153)
HSL	hsl(159, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(159, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 23.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -47.57, 13.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 49.32, 164.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.1315 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.136 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5153, 44.6953, 37.2551)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C899 #C8406F

analogous

#40C855 #40C899 #40B3C8

triadic

#40C899 #9940C8 #C89940

tetradic

#40C899 #5540C8 #C8406F #B3C840

square

#40C899 #5540C8 #C8406F #B3C840

split-complementary

#40C899 #C840B3 #C85540

monochromatic

#206E53 #2D9D77 #40C899 #70D6B2 #9FE3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#40C899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#40C899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C899

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C899	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 200, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.136 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9b7',
    500: '#40c899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c899;
$custom-light: #85d9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.265,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74782,
    "c": 0.13562,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C899

secondary

#D094A9

accent

#497DDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C899

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

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