#40C996#40C996

#40C996 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.139 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C996
RGB	rgb(64, 201, 150)
HSL	hsl(158, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(158, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 25.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -48.66, 14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 50.91, 162.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.1339 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.139 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5030, 45.0621, 36.0439)
Luminance	0.4506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C996 #C94073

analogous

#40C952 #40C996 #40B8C9

triadic

#40C996 #9640C9 #C99640

tetradic

#40C996 #5240C9 #C94073 #B8C940

square

#40C996 #5240C9 #C94073 #B8C940

split-complementary

#40C996 #C940B8 #C95240

monochromatic

#1F6F51 #2D9F74 #40C996 #70D6B0 #9FE4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#40C996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#40C996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C996

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C996	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)

#C5BB93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 201, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.139 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dab5',
    500: '#40c996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c996;
$custom-light: #85dab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.664,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74959,
    "c": 0.13923,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C996

secondary

#D094AB

accent

#4981DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C996

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

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