#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
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 22.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, -13.42, -31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 34.43, 247.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% -0.0675 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.112 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8213, 30.6850, 62.9425)
Luminance	0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##40A0CE	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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