#40A1CD#40A1CD

#40A1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.110 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A1CD
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -14.29, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 33.91, 245.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% -0.0688 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.11 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8743, 30.9846, 62.3628)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A1CD #CD6C40

analogous

#40CDB2 #40A1CD #405BCD

triadic

#40A1CD #CD40A1 #A1CD40

tetradic

#40A1CD #B240CD #CD6C40 #5BCD40

square

#40A1CD #B240CD #CD6C40 #5BCD40

split-complementary

#40A1CD #CD405B #CDB240

monochromatic

#1E5974 #2B7FA5 #40A1CD #71B9DA #A1D1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#40A1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#40A1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A1CD

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A1CD	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.110 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bcdc',
    500: '#40a1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a1cd;
$custom-light: #85bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.723,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67052,
    "c": 0.11039,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A1CD

secondary

#D3A996

accent

#7746E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A1CD

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

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