#40C994#40C994

#40C994 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.141 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C994
RGB	rgb(64, 201, 148)
HSL	hsl(157, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(157, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 26.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -49.10, 15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 51.64, 161.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.1348 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.141 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3433, 44.9982, 35.2030)
Luminance	0.4500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C994 #C94075

analogous

#40C950 #40C994 #40BAC9

triadic

#40C994 #9440C9 #C99440

tetradic

#40C994 #5040C9 #C94075 #BAC940

square

#40C994 #5040C9 #C94075 #BAC940

split-complementary

#40C994 #C940BA #C95040

monochromatic

#1F6F50 #2D9F73 #40C994 #70D6AF #9FE4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#40C994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#40C994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C994

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C994	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BB91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 201, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.141 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dab3',
    500: '#40c994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c994;
$custom-light: #85dab3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.788,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74911,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C994

secondary

#D094AC

accent

#4983DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C994

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

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