#40A0CA#40A0CA

#40A0CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.108 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A0CA
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 202)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 20.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, -14.73, -29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 33.18, 243.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0689 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.108 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3416, 30.4931, 60.4159)
Luminance	0.3050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A0CA #CA6A40

analogous

#40CAAF #40A0CA #405BCA

triadic

#40A0CA #CA40A0 #A0CA40

tetradic

#40A0CA #AF40CA #CA6A40 #5BCA40

square

#40A0CA #AF40CA #CA6A40 #5BCA40

split-complementary

#40A0CA #CA405B #CAAF40

monochromatic

#1F5870 #2C7DA0 #40A0CA #70B8D7 #A0D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#40A0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#40A0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A0CA

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A0CA	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.108 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bcda',
    500: '#40a0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a0ca;
$custom-light: #85bcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66679,
    "c": 0.10814,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A0CA

secondary

#D1A795

accent

#7648E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A0CA

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

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