#40A1C8#40A1C8

#40A1C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.106 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A1C8
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 19.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -15.92, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 32.45, 240.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0706 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.106 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2804, 30.7471, 59.2348)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A1C8 #C86740

analogous

#40C8AB #40A1C8 #405DC8

triadic

#40A1C8 #C840A1 #A1C840

tetradic

#40A1C8 #AB40C8 #C86740 #5DC840

square

#40A1C8 #AB40C8 #C86740 #5DC840

split-complementary

#40A1C8 #C8405D #C8AB40

monochromatic

#20576E #2D7D9D #40A1C8 #70B8D6 #9FD0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#40A1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#40A1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A1C8

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A1C8	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.106 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bcd8',
    500: '#40a1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a1c8;
$custom-light: #84bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.206,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66825,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A1C8

secondary

#D0A594

accent

#7449DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A1C8

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

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