#40A2C5#40A2C5

#40A2C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.103 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2C5
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 197)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 17.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, -17.42, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 31.57, 236.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0728 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.104 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1087, 30.9591, 57.4649)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2C5 #C56340

analogous

#40C5A5 #40A2C5 #405FC5

triadic

#40A2C5 #C540A2 #A2C540

tetradic

#40A2C5 #A540C5 #C56340 #5FC540

square

#40A2C5 #A540C5 #C56340 #5FC540

split-complementary

#40A2C5 #C5405F #C5A540

monochromatic

#20576A #2F7D99 #40A2C5 #6FB9D3 #9ED0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#40A2C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#40A2C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2C5

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2C5	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9FC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C91C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.103 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bdd6',
    500: '#40a2c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2c5;
$custom-light: #84bdd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6693,
    "c": 0.1035,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2C5

secondary

#CEA293

accent

#714BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2C5

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

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