#40A5CA#40A5CA

#40A5CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.107 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A5CA
RGB	rgb(64, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -17.41, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 32.50, 237.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% -0.074 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.107 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2259, 32.2616, 60.7106)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A5CA #CA6540

analogous

#40CAAA #40A5CA #4060CA

triadic

#40A5CA #CA40A5 #A5CA40

tetradic

#40A5CA #AA40CA #CA6540 #60CA40

square

#40A5CA #AA40CA #CA6540 #60CA40

split-complementary

#40A5CA #CA4060 #CAAA40

monochromatic

#1F5B70 #2C81A0 #40A5CA #70BCD7 #A0D2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#40A5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#40A5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A5CA

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A5CA	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.107 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bfda',
    500: '#40a5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a5ca;
$custom-light: #85bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67862,
    "c": 0.10661,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A5CA

secondary

#D1A595

accent

#7148E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A5CA

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

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