#40CC97#40CC97

#40CC97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.142 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CC97
RGB	rgb(64, 204, 151)
HSL	hsl(157, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 26%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -49.66, 15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 52.10, 162.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.1364 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.142 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2900, 46.5068, 36.7052)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CC97 #CC4075

analogous

#40CC51 #40CC97 #40BBCC

triadic

#40CC97 #9740CC #CC9740

tetradic

#40CC97 #5140CC #CC4075 #BBCC40

square

#40CC97 #5140CC #CC4075 #BBCC40

split-complementary

#40CC97 #CC40BB #CC5140

monochromatic

#1F7353 #2CA376 #40CC97 #70D9B1 #A1E6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#40CC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#40CC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CC97

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CC97	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)

#C8BD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 204, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.142 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dcb5',
    500: '#40cc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cc97;
$custom-light: #86dcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75737,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CC97

secondary

#D295AD

accent

#4781E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CC97

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

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