#40C989#40C989

#40C989 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.150 H 158.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C989
RGB	rgb(64, 201, 137)
HSL	hsl(152, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(152, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 31.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -51.45, 21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 55.78, 157.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.1399 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.15 158.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5137, 44.6664, 30.8335)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C989 #C94080

analogous

#40C945 #40C989 #40C4C9

triadic

#40C989 #8940C9 #C98940

tetradic

#40C989 #4540C9 #C94080 #C4C940

square

#40C989 #4540C9 #C94080 #C4C940

split-complementary

#40C989 #C940C4 #C94540

monochromatic

#1F6F4A #2D9F6A #40C989 #70D6A6 #9FE4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#40C989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#40C989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C989

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C989	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AD8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 201, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.150 158.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85daab',
    500: '#40c989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c989;
$custom-light: #85daab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.971,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74659,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 158.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C989

secondary

#D094B0

accent

#498FDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C989

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

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