#40A2BE#40A2BE

#40A2BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.099 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2BE
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, -19.65, -22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 30.11, 229.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% -0.0755 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.099 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3252, 30.6457, 53.3384)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2BE #BE5C40

analogous

#40BE9B #40A2BE #4063BE

triadic

#40A2BE #BE40A2 #A2BE40

tetradic

#40A2BE #9B40BE #BE5C40 #63BE40

square

#40A2BE #9B40BE #BE5C40 #63BE40

split-complementary

#40A2BE #BE4063 #BE9B40

monochromatic

#215462 #317B90 #40A2BE #6DB8CE #9BCFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#40A2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#40A2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2BE

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2BE	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F91BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.099 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bdd1',
    500: '#40a2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2be;
$custom-light: #83bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66629,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2BE

secondary

#C99D90

accent

#6D4FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2BE

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

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