#40A2C8#40A2C8

#40A2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.106 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2C8
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, -16.46, -27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 32.32, 239.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% -0.0717 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.106 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4558, 31.0980, 59.2933)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2C8 #C86640

analogous

#40C8AA #40A2C8 #405EC8

triadic

#40A2C8 #C840A2 #A2C840

tetradic

#40A2C8 #AA40C8 #C86640 #5EC840

square

#40A2C8 #AA40C8 #C86640 #5EC840

split-complementary

#40A2C8 #C8405E #C8AA40

monochromatic

#20586E #2D7E9D #40A2C8 #70B9D6 #9FD0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#40A2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#40A2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2C8

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2C8	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B91C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.106 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bdd8',
    500: '#40a2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2c8;
$custom-light: #85bdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.765,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67062,
    "c": 0.10582,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2C8

secondary

#D0A594

accent

#7349DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2C8

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

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