#40A2D5#40A2D5

#40A2D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.117 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2D5
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 213)
HSL	hsl(201, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 23.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, -12.19, -34.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 36.34, 250.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0671 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.117 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0402, 31.7317, 67.6376)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2D5 #D57340

analogous

#40D5BE #40A2D5 #4058D5

triadic

#40A2D5 #D540A2 #A2D540

tetradic

#40A2D5 #BE40D5 #D57340 #58D540

square

#40A2D5 #BE40D5 #D57340 #58D540

split-complementary

#40A2D5 #D54058 #D5BE40

monochromatic

#1C5D7F #2782B1 #40A2D5 #72BAE0 #A4D3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#40A2D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#40A2D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2D5

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2D5	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7592D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.117 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bde2',
    500: '#40a2d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2d5;
$custom-light: #86bde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.537,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6766,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2D5

secondary

#D8AE99

accent

#7A41E7

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2D5

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

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