#40D8A4#40D8A4

#40D8A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.147 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40D8A4
RGB	rgb(64, 216, 164)
HSL	hsl(159, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 24.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -51.60, 14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 53.56, 164.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.1424 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.147 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3674, 52.8782, 43.5627)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40D8A4 #D84074

analogous

#40D858 #40D8A4 #40C0D8

triadic

#40D8A4 #A440D8 #D8A440

tetradic

#40D8A4 #5840D8 #D84074 #C0D840

square

#40D8A4 #5840D8 #D84074 #C0D840

split-complementary

#40D8A4 #D840C0 #D85840

monochromatic

#1B835F #25B684 #40D8A4 #73E2BC #A6EDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#40D8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#40D8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40D8A4

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40D8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40D8A4	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C9A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BAA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40d8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 216, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.147 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e5bf',
    500: '#40d8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40d8a4;
$custom-light: #88e5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40d8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.474,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79051,
    "c": 0.14701,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40D8A4

secondary

#8A3350

accent

#3F79E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #40D8A4

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

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