#40A2D7#40A2D7

#40A2D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.119 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A2D7
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 215)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 24.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -11.52, -35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 37.05, 251.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0664 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.119 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2956, 31.8339, 68.9828)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A2D7 #D77540

analogous

#40D7C1 #40A2D7 #4056D7

triadic

#40A2D7 #D740A2 #A2D740

tetradic

#40A2D7 #C140D7 #D77540 #56D740

square

#40A2D7 #C140D7 #D77540 #56D740

split-complementary

#40A2D7 #D74056 #D7C140

monochromatic

#1B5E81 #2682B4 #40A2D7 #73BBE2 #A5D3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#40A2D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#40A2D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A2D7

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A2D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A2D7	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7492D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a2d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.119 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bde3',
    500: '#40a2d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a2d7;
$custom-light: #87bde3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a2d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.06,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67756,
    "c": 0.1193,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A2D7

secondary

#D9B09A

accent

#7B3FE8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A2D7

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

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