#40A1BE#40A1BE

#40A1BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.099 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A1BE
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -19.12, -23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 30.13, 230.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% -0.0744 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.099 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1497, 30.2948, 53.2800)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A1BE #BE5D40

analogous

#40BE9C #40A1BE #4062BE

triadic

#40A1BE #BE40A1 #A1BE40

tetradic

#40A1BE #9C40BE #BE5D40 #62BE40

square

#40A1BE #9C40BE #BE5D40 #62BE40

split-complementary

#40A1BE #BE4062 #BE9C40

monochromatic

#215362 #317A90 #40A1BE #6DB8CE #9BCEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#40A1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#40A1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A1BE

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A1BE	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.099 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bdd1',
    500: '#40a1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a1be;
$custom-light: #83bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.81,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66389,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A1BE

secondary

#C99E90

accent

#6F4FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A1BE

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

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