#40A2CF#40A2CF

#40A2CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.112 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2CF
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 207)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, -14.17, -31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 34.35, 245.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.0691 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.112 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2927, 31.4327, 63.7008)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2CF #CF6D40

analogous

#40CFB4 #40A2CF #405ACF

triadic

#40A2CF #CF40A2 #A2CF40

tetradic

#40A2CF #B440CF #CF6D40 #5ACF40

square

#40A2CF #B440CF #CF6D40 #5ACF40

split-complementary

#40A2CF #CF405A #CFB440

monochromatic

#1E5B77 #2A80A8 #40A2CF #71BADB #A2D2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#40A2CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#40A2CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2CF

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2CF	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7892CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.112 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bddd',
    500: '#40a2cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2cf;
$custom-light: #85bddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.881,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67379,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2CF

secondary

#D4AA97

accent

#7745E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2CF

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

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