#40A0D4#40A0D4

#40A0D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.117 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A0D4
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 212)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 24.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -11.42, -34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 36.49, 251.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.0654 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.117 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5642, 30.9821, 66.8547)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A0D4 #D47440

analogous

#40D4BE #40A0D4 #4056D4

triadic

#40A0D4 #D440A0 #A0D440

tetradic

#40A0D4 #BE40D4 #D47440 #56D440

square

#40A0D4 #BE40D4 #D47440 #56D440

split-complementary

#40A0D4 #D44056 #D4BE40

monochromatic

#1C5B7D #2780AF #40A0D4 #72B9DF #A4D2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#40A0D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#40A0D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A0D4

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A0D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A0D4	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879FD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7391D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a0d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.117 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bce1',
    500: '#40a0d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a0d4;
$custom-light: #86bce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a0d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.081,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67147,
    "c": 0.11744,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A0D4

secondary

#D7AF98

accent

#7B42E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A0D4

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

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