#40A4C2#40A4C2

#40A4C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.101 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A4C2
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 194)
HSL	hsl(194, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 15.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, -19.44, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 30.82, 230.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.076 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.101 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1234, 31.5332, 55.7909)
Luminance	0.3154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A4C2 #C25E40

analogous

#40C29F #40A4C2 #4063C2

triadic

#40A4C2 #C240A4 #A4C240

tetradic

#40A4C2 #9F40C2 #C25E40 #63C240

square

#40A4C2 #9F40C2 #C25E40 #63C240

split-complementary

#40A4C2 #C24063 #C29F40

monochromatic

#215767 #307E95 #40A4C2 #6EBAD1 #9DD0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#40A4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#40A4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A4C2

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A4C2	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8092C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.101 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfd4',
    500: '#40a4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a4c2;
$custom-light: #84bfd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67278,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A4C2

secondary

#CC9F92

accent

#6E4DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A4C2

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

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