#40A0CE#40A0CE

#40A0CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.112 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40A0CE
RGBrgb(64, 160, 206)
HSLhsl(199, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(199, 69%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 22.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(62.24, -13.42, -31.71)
CIE-LCHlch(62.24, 34.43, 247.07°)
OKLaboklab(66.86% -0.0675 -0.089)
OKLCHoklch(66.86% 0.112 232.8)
XYZxyz(25.8213, 30.6850, 62.9425)
Luminance0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40A0CE #CE6E40
analogous
#40CEB5 #40A0CE #4059CE
triadic
#40A0CE #CE40A0 #A0CE40
tetradic
#40A0CE #B540CE #CE6E40 #59CE40
square
#40A0CE #B540CE #CE6E40 #59CE40
split-complementary
#40A0CE #CE4059 #CEB540
monochromatic
#1E5975 #2B7EA6 #40A0CE #71B8DA #A1D0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94
#40A0CE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14
#40A0CE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A0CE
7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40A0CE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40A0CE1.002.947.147.14
#FFFFFF2.941.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1421.001.001.00
##0000007.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#899ED0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7690CD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ACAF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40a0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.112 232.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bcdd',
    500: '#40a0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40a0ce;
$custom-light: #85bcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40a0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.437,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66863,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40A0CE
secondary
#D4AA96
accent
#7845E2
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A0CE

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#40A0CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva