#40A2C4#40A2C4

#40A2C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.103 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2C4
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 196)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -17.74, -25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 31.34, 235.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.0732 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.103 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9945, 30.9134, 56.8635)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2C4 #C46240

analogous

#40C4A4 #40A2C4 #4060C4

triadic

#40A2C4 #C440A2 #A2C440

tetradic

#40A2C4 #A440C4 #C46240 #60C440

square

#40A2C4 #A440C4 #C46240 #60C440

split-complementary

#40A2C4 #C44060 #C4A440

monochromatic

#205669 #2F7D98 #40A2C4 #6FB9D2 #9ED0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#40A2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#40A2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2C4

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2C4	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9FC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D91C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.103 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bdd6',
    500: '#40a2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2c4;
$custom-light: #84bdd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66886,
    "c": 0.10277,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2C4

secondary

#CDA293

accent

#714CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2C4

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

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