#40A2BD#40A2BD

#40A2BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.098 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2BD
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, -19.97, -22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 29.94, 228.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% -0.0758 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.098 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2162, 30.6021, 52.7648)
Luminance	0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2BD #BD5B40

analogous

#40BD9A #40A2BD #4064BD

triadic

#40A2BD #BD40A2 #A2BD40

tetradic

#40A2BD #9A40BD #BD5B40 #64BD40

square

#40A2BD #9A40BD #BD5B40 #64BD40

split-complementary

#40A2BD #BD4064 #BD9A40

monochromatic

#215462 #317B8F #40A2BD #6DB9CD #9ACFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#40A2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#40A2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2BD

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2BD	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F91BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.098 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bdd1',
    500: '#40a2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2bd;
$custom-light: #83bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.96,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66587,
    "c": 0.09808,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2BD

secondary

#C99C90

accent

#6D4FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2BD

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

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