#40A2BA#40A2BA

#40A2BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.096 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2BA
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 186)
HSL	hsl(192, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 12.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, -20.90, -20.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 29.49, 224.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.077 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.096 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8940, 30.4732, 51.0675)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2BA #BA5840

analogous

#40BA95 #40A2BA #4065BA

triadic

#40A2BA #BA40A2 #A2BA40

tetradic

#40A2BA #9540BA #BA5840 #65BA40

square

#40A2BA #9540BA #BA5840 #65BA40

split-complementary

#40A2BA #BA4065 #BA9540

monochromatic

#21535F #307A8C #40A2BA #6BB9CC #99CFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#40A2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#40A2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2BA

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2BA	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8190BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.096 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bdce',
    500: '#40a2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2ba;
$custom-light: #83bdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.803,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66463,
    "c": 0.09637,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2BA

secondary

#C8998E

accent

#6A4FD8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2BA

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

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