#40A1CA#40A1CA

#40A1CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.108 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A1CA
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 202)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 20.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -15.27, -29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 33.02, 242.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0699 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.108 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5156, 30.8412, 60.4739)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A1CA #CA6940

analogous

#40CAAE #40A1CA #405CCA

triadic

#40A1CA #CA40A1 #A1CA40

tetradic

#40A1CA #AE40CA #CA6940 #5CCA40

square

#40A1CA #AE40CA #CA6940 #5CCA40

split-complementary

#40A1CA #CA405C #CAAE40

monochromatic

#1F5870 #2C7EA0 #40A1CA #70B9D7 #A0D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#40A1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#40A1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A1CA

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A1CA	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7991C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.108 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bcda',
    500: '#40a1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a1ca;
$custom-light: #85bcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.826,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66915,
    "c": 0.10778,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A1CA

secondary

#D1A795

accent

#7548E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A1CA

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

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