#40A2BF#40A2BF

#40A2BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.099 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2BF
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 15.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, -19.34, -23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 30.30, 230.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.0751 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.099 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4348, 30.6896, 53.9160)
Luminance	0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2BF #BF5D40

analogous

#40BF9D #40A2BF #4062BF

triadic

#40A2BF #BF40A2 #A2BF40

tetradic

#40A2BF #9D40BF #BF5D40 #62BF40

square

#40A2BF #9D40BF #BF5D40 #62BF40

split-complementary

#40A2BF #BF4062 #BF9D40

monochromatic

#215463 #317B91 #40A2BF #6EB8CE #9CCFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#40A2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#40A2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2BF

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2BF	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F91BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.099 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bdd2',
    500: '#40a2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2bf;
$custom-light: #83bdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.701,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66671,
    "c": 0.09933,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2BF

secondary

#CA9E91

accent

#6E4ED9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2BF

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

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