#40A2BC#40A2BC

#40A2BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.097 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2BC
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, -20.28, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 29.78, 227.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% -0.0762 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.097 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1081, 30.5589, 52.1951)
Luminance	0.3056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2BC #BC5A40

analogous

#40BC98 #40A2BC #4064BC

triadic

#40A2BC #BC40A2 #A2BC40

tetradic

#40A2BC #9840BC #BC5A40 #64BC40

square

#40A2BC #9840BC #BC5A40 #64BC40

split-complementary

#40A2BC #BC4064 #BC9840

monochromatic

#215361 #307B8E #40A2BC #6CB9CD #9ACFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#40A2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#40A2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2BC

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2BC	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.097 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bdd0',
    500: '#40a2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2bc;
$custom-light: #83bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.581,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66545,
    "c": 0.09748,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2BC

secondary

#C99B8F

accent

#6C4FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2BC

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

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