#40A5CD#40A5CD

#40A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.109 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A5CD
RGB	rgb(64, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, -16.44, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 33.28, 240.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.0729 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.109 228)
XYZ	xyz(26.5845, 32.4051, 62.5995)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A5CD #CD6840

analogous

#40CDAE #40A5CD #405FCD

triadic

#40A5CD #CD40A5 #A5CD40

tetradic

#40A5CD #AE40CD #CD6840 #5FCD40

square

#40A5CD #AE40CD #CD6840 #5FCD40

split-complementary

#40A5CD #CD405F #CDAE40

monochromatic

#1E5C74 #2B82A5 #40A5CD #71BCDA #A1D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#40A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#40A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A5CD

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A5CD	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.109 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bfdc',
    500: '#40a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a5cd;
$custom-light: #85bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.021,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67995,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.32408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A5CD

secondary

#D3A796

accent

#7246E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A5CD

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

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