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#40df94

a balanced, vivid green · cool · closest name: Medium Spring Green

Token name suggestion: True Basil

RGB
64, 223, 148
HSL
152°, 71%, 56%
CMYK
71, 0, 34, 13
Luminance
0.5600

#40df94 is a balanced vivid green, 152° on the wheel and 76/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.20:1). As text it scores 1.72:1 on white — use #168450 instead. Nearest name is Medium Spring Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(152 71% 56%)rgb(64 223 148)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #40df94 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#40df94
Hue
152°
green
Saturation
71%
vivid
Lightness
56%
balanced
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
71%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5600
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
76/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
12.20:1
Closest name
Medium Spring Green
ΔE2000 6.3
Chroma
63.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.804
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 8.7
Web-safe
#33CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue152° of 360°
Saturation71%
Lightness56%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #40df94.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool76% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red2%
Green94%
Blue4%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#40df94
HEX (8-digit)#40df94ff
RGBrgb(64, 223, 148)
RGBArgba(64, 223, 148, 1)
HSLhsl(152, 71%, 56%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152, 71%, 87%)
HWBhwb(152 25% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(71%, 0%, 34%, 13%)
LABlab(79.6 -57.7 25.2)
LCHlch(79.6 63.0 156.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.804 0.169 157.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(33.84, 56.00, 37.04)
Decimal4251540
Display P3color(display-p3 0.251 0.875 0.580)
Web-safe#33CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #40df94;
background-color: #40df94;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #40df94;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#40df94] bg-[#40df94]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #40df94;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.251, green: 0.875, blue: 0.580)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.251, green: 0.875, blue: 0.580, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#40DF94</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF40DF94)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF40DF94)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(148, 223, 64)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(64, 223, 148)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(64, 223, 148)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 64, 223, 148)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2510f, 0.8745f, 0.5804f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{64,223,148}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #40df94 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #40df94 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#126D42, #D3EEE1);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #40df94 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F3FCF8;
  --brand-100: #E7F8F0;
  --brand-200: #C9F3DF;
  --brand-300: #9FEFC9;
  --brand-400: #6FE7AE;
  --brand-500: #40df94;
  --brand-600: #23D27F;
  --brand-700: #1DAF6A;
  --brand-800: #178C55;
  --brand-900: #15653F;
  --brand-950: #0D3F28;
  --brand: #40df94;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF8;
  --brand-border: #C0EDD7;
  --brand-hover: #24D783;
  --brand-pressed: #1FB970;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241D;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE1;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3FCF8',
        100: '#E7F8F0',
        200: '#C9F3DF',
        300: '#9FEFC9',
        400: '#6FE7AE',
        500: '#40df94',
        600: '#23D27F',
        700: '#1DAF6A',
        800: '#178C55',
        900: '#15653F',
        950: '#0D3F28',
        DEFAULT: '#40df94',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3FCF8,
  '100': #E7F8F0,
  '200': #C9F3DF,
  '300': #9FEFC9,
  '400': #6FE7AE,
  '500': #40df94,
  '600': #23D27F,
  '700': #1DAF6A,
  '800': #178C55,
  '900': #15653F,
  '950': #0D3F28,
);
$brand-base: #40df94;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3FCF8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E7F8F0", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C9F3DF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#9FEFC9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#6FE7AE", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#40df94", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#23D27F", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#1DAF6A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#178C55", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#15653F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0D3F28", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #40df94 · 12.20:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.72:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.20:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #40df94 as text scores 1.72:1 on white and 12.20:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #126D42 at 3.71:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#168450 · 4.72:1
AA on white−26% L
#168450
The quick fox
#11663E · 7.01:1
AAA on white−33% L
#11663E
The quick fox
#40df94 · 12.20:1
AA on blackalready passes
#40df94
The quick fox
#40df94 · 12.20:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#40df94

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #1CA766 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#40df94 on white: 1.72:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#40df94 on black: 12.20:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #40df94 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #40df94.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.72:1AaAa
Slate 501.65:1AaAa
Slate 1001.57:1AaAa
Slate 2001.40:1AaAa
Slate 3001.16:1AaAa
Slate 4001.49:1AaAa
Slate 5002.76:1AaAa
Slate 6004.40:1AaAa
Slate 7006.02:1AaAa
Slate 8008.50:1AaAa
Slate 90010.37:1AaAa
Black12.20:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DDCE8F
deuteranopia · #C9C099
tritanopia · #00DDCB

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #40df94 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F3FCF8
#E7F8F0
#C9F3DF
#9FEFC9
#6FE7AE
#40df94
#23D27F
#1DAF6A
#178C55
#15653F
#0D3F28
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F3FCF8Darkest = 950 · #0D3F28Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.042 157.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.068 157.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.101 157.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.132 157.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.155 157.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.169 157.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.169 157.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.159 157.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.142 157.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.118 157.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.093 157.9);
}

Colors that work with #40df94

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF8
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDD7
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B75
Captions on the surface
Accent#E33CB5
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#126D42
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E9FBF3
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241D
Dark-mode background
Hover#24D783
One step down in lightness
Pressed#1FB970
Two steps down
Disabled#BBD4C8
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#47EC9E
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #40df94

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #126D42
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #1CA766

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight44/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#DF408B
Analogous left#40DF45
Analogous right#40DBDF
Split-complement 1#DF40DB
Split-complement 2#DF4540
Triadic 1#9440DF
Triadic 2#DF9440
Tetradic#4540DF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°152°

#40df94 sits at 152°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red25.1%
Green87.5%
Blue58.0%
R · 0–255
64
0x40
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
148
0x94

CMYK percentages

Cyan71.3%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow33.6%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 117%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#40df94 text on a black background

contrast 12.20:1

Card sample

#40df94 text on a white background

contrast 1.72:1

Card sample

#40df94 on grey

1.57:1

#40df94 on its own surface

1.63:1

#40df94 on its dark surface

9.39:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #40df94;
Background color
Panel with #40df94 background
background-color: #40df94;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #40df94;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(64, 223, 148, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(64, 223, 148, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #40df94;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40df94, #40C0DF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #40df94, #4098DF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #40df94;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #40df94;
caret-color: #40df94;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #40df94;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E9FBF3;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #40df94;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#40df94 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #40df94 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(64, 223, 148, 0.5)
rgb(64 223 148 / 50%)
#40df9480
hsl(152 71% 56% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #40df94 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#40df941a#ECFCF4
20%#40df9433#D9F9EA
40%#40df9466#B3F2D4
60%#40df9499#8CECBF
80%#40df94cc#66E5A9

Gradients from #40df94

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #75E8B1, #40df94 45%, #126D42);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #40df94, #26A8DB);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #40df94, #DF408B);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #8FECC0 0%, #40df94 45%, #126D42 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #73E66C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #5AD4E3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #126D42 0%, transparent 65%), #40df94;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #40df94

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#40df94 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 12.20:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#40df94, answered

What color is #40df94?

#40df94 is a balanced vivid green, closest to Medium Spring Green (ΔE2000 6.3). It sits at 152° on the hue wheel with 71% saturation and 56% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #40df94?

rgb(64, 223, 148) — 64 red, 223 green and 148 blue out of 255, or 25.1% / 87.5% / 58% by channel.

What is #40df94 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(152, 71%, 56%) and hsv(152, 71%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #40df94 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5600 and perceived brightness is 71%, so black text on it reaches 12.20:1.

Should I use black or white text on #40df94?

Black. It scores 12.20:1 against #40df94, versus 1.72:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #40df94 accessible on a white background?

#40df94 on white scores 1.72:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #168450 to reach 4.5:1, or #11663E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #40df94?

#DF408B sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DF40DB and #DF4540, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #40df94?

For interface work: #F4FAF8 as the surface, #C0EDD7 for borders, #4B9B75 for secondary text, #E33CB5 as an accent and #126D42 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #40DF45 and #40DBDF stays calm, while #DF408B is the loudest partner.

What is #40df94 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(71%, 0%, 34%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #40df94 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 76 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #40DF5A; nudged cooler, #3EE1D0.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #40df94?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 8.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #40df94 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #40df94 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#40df94] or text-[#40df94], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #40df94 with 50% opacity?

rgba(64, 223, 148, 0.5), or #40df9480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #A0EFCA; over black, #20704A.

Is #40df94 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #33CC99, ΔE2000 6.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #40df94 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #40df94?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #75E8B1, #40df94 45%, #126D42). For more colour, a short hue run to #26A8DB keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #40df94 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #40df94 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.