#40A2CA#40A2CA

#40A2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.107 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2CA
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 202)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, -15.81, -28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 32.87, 241.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.0709 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.107 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6911, 31.1921, 60.5324)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2CA #CA6840

analogous

#40CAAD #40A2CA #405DCA

triadic

#40A2CA #CA40A2 #A2CA40

tetradic

#40A2CA #AD40CA #CA6840 #5DCA40

square

#40A2CA #AD40CA #CA6840 #5DCA40

split-complementary

#40A2CA #CA405D #CAAD40

monochromatic

#1F5970 #2C7FA0 #40A2CA #70B9D7 #A0D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#40A2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#40A2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2CA

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2CA	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A92C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.107 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bdda',
    500: '#40a2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2ca;
$custom-light: #85bdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.391,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67152,
    "c": 0.10745,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2CA

secondary

#D1A695

accent

#7448E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2CA

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

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