#40C995#40C995

#40C995 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.140 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C995
RGB	rgb(64, 201, 149)
HSL	hsl(157, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(157, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 25.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -48.88, 15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 51.28, 162.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.1343 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.14 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4228, 45.0300, 35.6217)
Luminance	0.4503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C995 #C94074

analogous

#40C951 #40C995 #40B9C9

triadic

#40C995 #9540C9 #C99540

tetradic

#40C995 #5140C9 #C94074 #B9C940

square

#40C995 #5140C9 #C94074 #B9C940

split-complementary

#40C995 #C940B9 #C95140

monochromatic

#1F6F51 #2D9F74 #40C995 #70D6AF #9FE4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#40C995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#40C995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C995

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C995	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 201, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.140 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dab4',
    500: '#40c995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c995;
$custom-light: #85dab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.226,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74935,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C995

secondary

#D094AB

accent

#4982DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C995

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

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