#40A4CE#40A4CE

#40A4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.110 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A4CE
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -15.58, -29.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 33.70, 242.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0715 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.11 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5259, 32.0942, 63.1774)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A4CE #CE6A40

analogous

#40CEB1 #40A4CE #405DCE

triadic

#40A4CE #CE40A4 #A4CE40

tetradic

#40A4CE #B140CE #CE6A40 #5DCE40

square

#40A4CE #B140CE #CE6A40 #5DCE40

split-complementary

#40A4CE #CE405D #CEB140

monochromatic

#1E5C75 #2B82A6 #40A4CE #71BBDA #A1D2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#40A4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#40A4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A4CE

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A4CE	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.110 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bfdd',
    500: '#40a4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a4ce;
$custom-light: #85bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.746,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67804,
    "c": 0.11012,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A4CE

secondary

#D4A896

accent

#7445E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A4CE

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

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