#40A2D4#40A2D4

#40A2D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.116 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2D4
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 212)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 23.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -12.52, -33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 35.99, 249.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% -0.0674 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.116 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9137, 31.6811, 66.9712)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2D4 #D47240

analogous

#40D4BC #40A2D4 #4058D4

triadic

#40A2D4 #D440A2 #A2D440

tetradic

#40A2D4 #BC40D4 #D47240 #58D440

square

#40A2D4 #BC40D4 #D47240 #58D440

split-complementary

#40A2D4 #D44058 #D4BC40

monochromatic

#1C5D7D #2781AF #40A2D4 #72BADF #A4D3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#40A2D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#40A2D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2D4

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2D4	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7692D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.116 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bde1',
    500: '#40a2d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2d4;
$custom-light: #86bde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.27,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67613,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2D4

secondary

#D7AE98

accent

#7942E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2D4

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

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