#40A2CC#40A2CC

#40A2CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.109 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2CC
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 20.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, -15.16, -29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 33.44, 243.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.0702 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.109 230)
XYZ	xyz(25.9294, 31.2874, 61.7876)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2CC #CC6A40

analogous

#40CCB0 #40A2CC #405CCC

triadic

#40A2CC #CC40A2 #A2CC40

tetradic

#40A2CC #B040CC #CC6A40 #5CCC40

square

#40A2CC #B040CC #CC6A40 #5CCC40

split-complementary

#40A2CC #CC405C #CCB040

monochromatic

#1F5A73 #2C7FA3 #40A2CC #70BAD9 #A1D1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#40A2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#40A2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2CC

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2CC	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.109 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bddb',
    500: '#40a2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2cc;
$custom-light: #85bddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67242,
    "c": 0.10913,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.3129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2CC

secondary

#D2A895

accent

#7547E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2CC

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

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