#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
RGBrgb(64, 162, 196)
HSLhsl(195, 53%, 51%)
HSVhsv(195, 67%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(62.43, -17.74, -25.83)
CIE-LCHlch(62.43, 31.34, 235.51°)
OKLaboklab(66.89% -0.0732 -0.0722)
OKLCHoklch(66.89% 0.103 224.6)
XYZxyz(24.9945, 30.9134, 56.8635)
Luminance0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##40A2C41.002.927.187.18
#FFFFFF2.921.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1821.001.001.00
##0000007.1821.001.001.00

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

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#40A2C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva