#40A0D9#40A0D9

#40A0D9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.122 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A0D9
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 217)
HSL	hsl(202, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 26.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -9.75, -37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 38.36, 255.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% -0.0638 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.122 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2047, 31.2383, 70.2280)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A0D9 #D97940

analogous

#40D9C5 #40A0D9 #4053D9

triadic

#40A0D9 #D940A0 #A0D940

tetradic

#40A0D9 #C540D9 #D97940 #53D940

square

#40A0D9 #C540D9 #D97940 #53D940

split-complementary

#40A0D9 #D94053 #D9C540

monochromatic

#1A5D84 #2481B7 #40A0D9 #73B9E3 #A6D3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#40A0D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#40A0D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A0D9

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A0D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A0D9	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7091D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.122 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bce5',
    500: '#40a0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a0d9;
$custom-light: #87bce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.353,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67389,
    "c": 0.12249,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A0D9

secondary

#DAB29A

accent

#7E3EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A0D9

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

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