#40A2C3#40A2C3

#40A2C3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.102 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2C3
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 195)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 16.9%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -18.06, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 31.11, 234.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.0735 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.102 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8810, 30.8681, 56.2660)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2C3 #C36140

analogous

#40C3A3 #40A2C3 #4060C3

triadic

#40A2C3 #C340A2 #A2C340

tetradic

#40A2C3 #A340C3 #C36140 #60C340

square

#40A2C3 #A340C3 #C36140 #60C340

split-complementary

#40A2C3 #C34060 #C3A340

monochromatic

#215668 #2F7D97 #40A2C3 #6FB9D2 #9DCFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#40A2C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#40A2C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2C3

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2C3	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)

#8F9EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D91C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.102 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bdd5',
    500: '#40a2c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2c3;
$custom-light: #84bdd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.115,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66843,
    "c": 0.10203,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2C3

secondary

#CCA192

accent

#704CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2C3

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

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