#40A0BF#40A0BF

#40A0BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.100 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A0BF
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 191)
HSL	hsl(195, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, -18.28, -24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 30.36, 232.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% -0.073 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.1 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0853, 29.9906, 53.7995)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A0BF #BF5F40

analogous

#40BF9F #40A0BF #4060BF

triadic

#40A0BF #BF40A0 #A0BF40

tetradic

#40A0BF #9F40BF #BF5F40 #60BF40

square

#40A0BF #9F40BF #BF5F40 #60BF40

split-complementary

#40A0BF #BF4060 #BF9F40

monochromatic

#215363 #317A91 #40A0BF #6EB7CE #9CCEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#40A0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#40A0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A0BF

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A0BF	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.100 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcd2',
    500: '#40a0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a0bf;
$custom-light: #83bcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.646,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66192,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A0BF

secondary

#CA9F91

accent

#704ED9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A0BF

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

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