#40A2CE#40A2CE

#40A2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.111 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2CE
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 21.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, -14.50, -30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 34.04, 244.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.0695 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.111 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1708, 31.3840, 63.0590)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2CE #CE6C40

analogous

#40CEB3 #40A2CE #405BCE

triadic

#40A2CE #CE40A2 #A2CE40

tetradic

#40A2CE #B340CE #CE6C40 #5BCE40

square

#40A2CE #B340CE #CE6C40 #5BCE40

split-complementary

#40A2CE #CE405B #CEB340

monochromatic

#1E5A75 #2B80A6 #40A2CE #71BADA #A1D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#40A2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#40A2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2CE

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2CE	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7892CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.111 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bddd',
    500: '#40a2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2ce;
$custom-light: #85bddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.592,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67333,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2CE

secondary

#D4A996

accent

#7645E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2CE

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

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