#40A0D2#40A0D2

#40A0D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.115 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A0D2
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 210)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 23.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, -12.09, -33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 35.78, 250.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% -0.0661 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.115 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3134, 30.8818, 65.5343)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A0D2 #D27240

analogous

#40D2BB #40A0D2 #4057D2

triadic

#40A0D2 #D240A0 #A0D240

tetradic

#40A0D2 #BB40D2 #D27240 #57D240

square

#40A0D2 #BB40D2 #D27240 #57D240

split-complementary

#40A0D2 #D24057 #D2BB40

monochromatic

#1D5B7B #297FAC #40A0D2 #72B9DE #A3D1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#40A0D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#40A0D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A0D2

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A0D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A0D2	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889FD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7491D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a0d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.115 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bce0',
    500: '#40a0d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a0d2;
$custom-light: #86bce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a0d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.548,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67051,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A0D2

secondary

#D6AD98

accent

#7A43E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A0D2

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

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