#40A2D0#40A2D0

#40A2D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.113 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2D0
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 208)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 22.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, -13.85, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 34.67, 246.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% -0.0688 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.113 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4153, 31.4818, 64.3467)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2D0 #D06E40

analogous

#40D0B6 #40A2D0 #405AD0

triadic

#40A2D0 #D040A2 #A2D040

tetradic

#40A2D0 #B640D0 #D06E40 #5AD040

square

#40A2D0 #B640D0 #D06E40 #5AD040

split-complementary

#40A2D0 #D0405A #D0B640

monochromatic

#1E5B78 #2A80A9 #40A2D0 #71BADC #A2D2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#40A2D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#40A2D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2D0

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2D0	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA0D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7792CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.113 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bdde',
    500: '#40a2d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2d0;
$custom-light: #86bdde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.167,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67426,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2D0

secondary

#D5AB97

accent

#7744E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2D0

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

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