#40A2C2#40A2C2

#40A2C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.101 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2C2
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 194)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 16.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, -18.38, -24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 30.89, 233.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.0739 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.101 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7683, 30.8230, 55.6726)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2C2 #C26040

analogous

#40C2A1 #40A2C2 #4061C2

triadic

#40A2C2 #C240A2 #A2C240

tetradic

#40A2C2 #A140C2 #C26040 #61C240

square

#40A2C2 #A140C2 #C26040 #61C240

split-complementary

#40A2C2 #C24061 #C2A140

monochromatic

#215667 #307C95 #40A2C2 #6EB9D1 #9DCFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#40A2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#40A2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2C2

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2C2	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D91C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.101 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bdd4',
    500: '#40a2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2c2;
$custom-light: #84bdd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.769,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.668,
    "c": 0.10134,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2C2

secondary

#CCA092

accent

#704DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2C2

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

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