#40A0C8#40A0C8

#40A0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.106 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A0C8
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 20%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, -15.38, -28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 32.59, 241.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% -0.0696 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.106 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1063, 30.3990, 59.1768)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A0C8 #C86840

analogous

#40C8AC #40A0C8 #405CC8

triadic

#40A0C8 #C840A0 #A0C840

tetradic

#40A0C8 #AC40C8 #C86840 #5CC840

square

#40A0C8 #AC40C8 #C86840 #5CC840

split-complementary

#40A0C8 #C8405C #C8AC40

monochromatic

#20576E #2D7C9D #40A0C8 #70B8D6 #9FCFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#40A0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#40A0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A0C8

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A0C8	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.106 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bcd8',
    500: '#40a0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a0c8;
$custom-light: #84bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66588,
    "c": 0.10644,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A0C8

secondary

#D0A694

accent

#7549DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A0C8

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

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