#40A4BE#40A4BE

#40A4BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.099 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A4BE
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(192, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -20.70, -21.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 30.14, 226.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.0775 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.099 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6803, 31.3559, 53.4568)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#40A4BE #BE5A40

analogous

#40BE99 #40A4BE #4065BE

triadic

#40A4BE #BE40A4 #A4BE40

tetradic

#40A4BE #9940BE #BE5A40 #65BE40

square

#40A4BE #9940BE #BE5A40 #65BE40

split-complementary

#40A4BE #BE4065 #BE9940

monochromatic

#215562 #317C90 #40A4BE #6DBACE #9BD0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#40A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#40A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A4BE

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A4BE	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.099 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfd1',
    500: '#40a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a4be;
$custom-light: #83bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.381,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6711,
    "c": 0.09866,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A4BE

secondary

#C99C90

accent

#6B4FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A4BE

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

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