#40A1CE#40A1CE

#40A1CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.111 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A1CE
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 21.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, -13.96, -31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 34.23, 245.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.0685 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.111 232)
XYZ	xyz(25.9954, 31.0331, 63.0005)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A1CE #CE6D40

analogous

#40CEB4 #40A1CE #405ACE

triadic

#40A1CE #CE40A1 #A1CE40

tetradic

#40A1CE #B440CE #CE6D40 #5ACE40

square

#40A1CE #B440CE #CE6D40 #5ACE40

split-complementary

#40A1CE #CE405A #CEB440

monochromatic

#1E5A75 #2B7FA6 #40A1CE #71B9DA #A1D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#40A1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#40A1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A1CE

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A1CE	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7791CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.111 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bcdd',
    500: '#40a1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a1ce;
$custom-light: #85bcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.014,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67098,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.31036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A1CE

secondary

#D4AA96

accent

#7745E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A1CE

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

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