#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
RGB	rgb(64, 216, 169)
HSL	hsl(161, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(161, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 21.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -50.46, 11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 51.83, 166.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.14 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.143 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8278, 53.0624, 45.9877)
Luminance	0.5307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##40D8A9	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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