#40A2CB#40A2CB

#40A2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.108 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2CB
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -15.48, -29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 33.15, 242.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0706 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.108 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8099, 31.2396, 61.1579)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2CB #CB6940

analogous

#40CBAF #40A2CB #405CCB

triadic

#40A2CB #CB40A2 #A2CB40

tetradic

#40A2CB #AF40CB #CB6940 #5CCB40

square

#40A2CB #AF40CB #CB6940 #5CCB40

split-complementary

#40A2CB #CB405C #CBAF40

monochromatic

#1F5972 #2C7FA2 #40A2CB #70B9D8 #A0D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#40A2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#40A2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2CB

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2CB	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A92CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.108 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bddb',
    500: '#40a2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2cb;
$custom-light: #85bddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.698,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67197,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2CB

secondary

#D2A795

accent

#7547E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2CB

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

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