#40A0CD#40A0CD

#40A0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.111 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A0CD
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, -13.74, -31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 34.11, 246.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% -0.0678 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.111 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7002, 30.6365, 62.3048)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A0CD #CD6D40

analogous

#40CDB3 #40A0CD #4059CD

triadic

#40A0CD #CD40A0 #A0CD40

tetradic

#40A0CD #B340CD #CD6D40 #59CD40

square

#40A0CD #B340CD #CD6D40 #59CD40

split-complementary

#40A0CD #CD4059 #CDB340

monochromatic

#1E5974 #2B7EA5 #40A0CD #71B8DA #A1D0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#40A0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#40A0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A0CD

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A0CD	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7690CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.111 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bcdc',
    500: '#40a0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a0cd;
$custom-light: #85bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.149,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66817,
    "c": 0.11081,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A0CD

secondary

#D3A996

accent

#7846E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A0CD

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

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