#40DC9C#40DC9C

#40DC9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.158 H 161.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40DC9C
RGB	rgb(64, 220, 156)
HSL	hsl(155, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(155, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 29.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -54.94, 20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 58.48, 159.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.15 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.158 161.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7048, 54.6728, 40.2226)
Luminance	0.5468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40DC9C #DC4080

analogous

#40DC4E #40DC9C #40CEDC

triadic

#40DC9C #9C40DC #DC9C40

tetradic

#40DC9C #4E40DC #DC4080 #CEDC40

square

#40DC9C #4E40DC #DC4080 #CEDC40

split-complementary

#40DC9C #DC40CE #DC4E40

monochromatic

#19895B #23BC7D #40DC9C #74E5B7 #A7EFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#40DC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#40DC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40DC9C

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40DC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40DC9C	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BDA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40dc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 220, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.158 161.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e8b9',
    500: '#40dc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40dc9c;
$custom-light: #89e8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40dc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.385,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79858,
    "c": 0.15839,
    "h": 161.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40DC9C

secondary

#8F3258

accent

#3C84EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #40DC9C

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

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