#40CC96#40CC96

#40CC96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.143 H 163.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CC96
RGB	rgb(64, 204, 150)
HSL	hsl(157, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 26.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -49.88, 16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 52.47, 161.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.1369 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.143 163.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2092, 46.4745, 36.2793)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CC96 #CC4076

analogous

#40CC50 #40CC96 #40BCCC

triadic

#40CC96 #9640CC #CC9640

tetradic

#40CC96 #5040CC #CC4076 #BCCC40

square

#40CC96 #5040CC #CC4076 #BCCC40

split-complementary

#40CC96 #CC40BC #CC5040

monochromatic

#1F7352 #2CA375 #40CC96 #70D9B1 #A1E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#40CC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#40CC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CC96

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CC96	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 204, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.143 163.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dcb5',
    500: '#40cc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cc96;
$custom-light: #86dcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75713,
    "c": 0.14306,
    "h": 163.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CC96

secondary

#D295AD

accent

#4782E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CC96

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

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