#40A5CE#40A5CE

#40A5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.110 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A5CE
RGB	rgb(64, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, -16.12, -29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 33.55, 241.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0725 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.11 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7056, 32.4535, 63.2373)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A5CE #CE6940

analogous

#40CEB0 #40A5CE #405ECE

triadic

#40A5CE #CE40A5 #A5CE40

tetradic

#40A5CE #B040CE #CE6940 #5ECE40

square

#40A5CE #B040CE #CE6940 #5ECE40

split-complementary

#40A5CE #CE405E #CEB040

monochromatic

#1E5C75 #2B82A6 #40A5CE #71BCDA #A1D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#40A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#40A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A5CE

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A5CE	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.110 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bfdd',
    500: '#40a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a5ce;
$custom-light: #86bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.324,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6804,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A5CE

secondary

#D4A896

accent

#7345E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A5CE

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

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