#40C997#40C997

#40C997 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.138 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C997
RGB	rgb(64, 201, 151)
HSL	hsl(158, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(158, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 24.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -48.43, 14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 50.55, 163.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.1334 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.138 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5839, 45.0945, 36.4698)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C997 #C94072

analogous

#40C953 #40C997 #40B7C9

triadic

#40C997 #9740C9 #C99740

tetradic

#40C997 #5340C9 #C94072 #B7C940

square

#40C997 #5340C9 #C94072 #B7C940

split-complementary

#40C997 #C940B7 #C95340

monochromatic

#1F6F52 #2D9F75 #40C997 #70D6B1 #9FE4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#40C997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#40C997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C997

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C997	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 201, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.138 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dab5',
    500: '#40c997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c997;
$custom-light: #85dab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.102,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74984,
    "c": 0.13844,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C997

secondary

#D094AA

accent

#4980DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C997

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

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