#40A1CC#40A1CC

#40A1CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.110 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A1CC
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -14.62, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 33.61, 244.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% -0.0692 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.11 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7540, 30.9365, 61.7291)
Luminance	0.3094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A1CC #CC6B40

analogous

#40CCB1 #40A1CC #405BCC

triadic

#40A1CC #CC40A1 #A1CC40

tetradic

#40A1CC #B140CC #CC6B40 #5BCC40

square

#40A1CC #B140CC #CC6B40 #5BCC40

split-complementary

#40A1CC #CC405B #CCB140

monochromatic

#1F5973 #2C7EA3 #40A1CC #70B9D9 #A1D1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#40A1CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#40A1CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A1CC

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A1CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A1CC	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a1cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.110 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bcdb',
    500: '#40a1cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a1cc;
$custom-light: #85bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a1cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67006,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A1CC

secondary

#D2A895

accent

#7647E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A1CC

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

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