#40A2C0#40A2C0

#40A2C0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.100 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2C0
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 192)
HSL	hsl(194, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 15.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, -19.02, -23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 30.49, 231.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0747 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.1 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5452, 30.7337, 54.4976)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2C0 #C05E40

analogous

#40C09E #40A2C0 #4062C0

triadic

#40A2C0 #C040A2 #A2C040

tetradic

#40A2C0 #9E40C0 #C05E40 #62C040

square

#40A2C0 #9E40C0 #C05E40 #62C040

split-complementary

#40A2C0 #C04062 #C09E40

monochromatic

#215564 #307B92 #40A2C0 #6EB8CF #9CCFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#40A2C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#40A2C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2C0

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2C0	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E91C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.100 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bdd3',
    500: '#40a2c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2c0;
$custom-light: #84bdd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.063,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66714,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2C0

secondary

#CB9F91

accent

#6F4EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2C0

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

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