#40D8A9#40D8A9

#40D8A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.143 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40D8A9
RGBrgb(64, 216, 169)
HSLhsl(161, 66%, 55%)
HSVhsv(161, 70%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(70.4%, 0%, 21.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(77.91, -50.46, 11.86)
CIE-LCHlch(77.91, 51.83, 166.77°)
OKLaboklab(79.18% -0.14 0.0303)
OKLCHoklch(79.18% 0.143 167.8)
XYZxyz(33.8278, 53.0624, 45.9877)
Luminance0.5307 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40D8A9 #D8406F
analogous
#40D85D #40D8A9 #40BBD8
triadic
#40D8A9 #A940D8 #D8A940
tetradic
#40D8A9 #5D40D8 #D8406F #BBD840
square
#40D8A9 #5D40D8 #D8406F #BBD840
split-complementary
#40D8A9 #D840BB #D85D40
monochromatic
#1B8363 #25B689 #40D8A9 #73E2C0 #A6EDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81
#40D8A9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61
#40D8A9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40D8A9
11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40D8A9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40D8A91.001.8111.6111.61
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6121.001.001.00
##00000011.6121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3C9A7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFBBAC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D9CB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40d8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 216, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.143 167.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e5c2',
    500: '#40d8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40d8a9;
$custom-light: #88e5c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40d8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.447,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79176,
    "c": 0.14329,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40D8A9
secondary
#8A334D
accent
#3F73E9
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1612
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #40D8A9

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#40D8A9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva