#40C99C#40C99C

#40C99C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.135 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C99C
RGB	rgb(64, 201, 156)
HSL	hsl(160, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(160, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 22.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -47.29, 11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 48.77, 165.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.1311 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.135 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9986, 45.2603, 38.6539)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C99C #C9406D

analogous

#40C958 #40C99C #40B1C9

triadic

#40C99C #9C40C9 #C99C40

tetradic

#40C99C #5840C9 #C9406D #B1C940

square

#40C99C #5840C9 #C9406D #B1C940

split-complementary

#40C99C #C940B1 #C95840

monochromatic

#1F6F55 #2D9F79 #40C99C #70D6B5 #9FE4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#40C99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#40C99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C99C

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C99C	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BB9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AE9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 201, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.135 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dab9',
    500: '#40c99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c99c;
$custom-light: #86dab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.292,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75109,
    "c": 0.13458,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C99C

secondary

#D094A8

accent

#497ADF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C99C

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

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