#40A2CD#40A2CD

#40A2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.110 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2CD
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -14.83, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 33.73, 243.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% -0.0698 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.11 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0497, 31.3355, 62.4213)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2CD #CD6B40

analogous

#40CDB1 #40A2CD #405BCD

triadic

#40A2CD #CD40A2 #A2CD40

tetradic

#40A2CD #B140CD #CD6B40 #5BCD40

square

#40A2CD #B140CD #CD6B40 #5BCD40

split-complementary

#40A2CD #CD405B #CDB140

monochromatic

#1E5A74 #2B80A5 #40A2CD #71BADA #A1D1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#40A2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#40A2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2CD

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2CD	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.110 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bddc',
    500: '#40a2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2cd;
$custom-light: #85bddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.298,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67288,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2CD

secondary

#D3A896

accent

#7646E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2CD

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

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