#40A5D6#40A5D6

#40A5D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.117 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A5D6
RGB	rgb(64, 165, 214)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, -13.50, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 35.99, 247.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.0697 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.117 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7023, 32.8522, 68.4864)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A5D6 #D67140

analogous

#40D6BC #40A5D6 #405AD6

triadic

#40A5D6 #D640A5 #A5D640

tetradic

#40A5D6 #BC40D6 #D67140 #5AD640

square

#40A5D6 #BC40D6 #D67140 #5AD640

split-complementary

#40A5D6 #D6405A #D6BC40

monochromatic

#1B5F80 #2685B2 #40A5D6 #72BDE1 #A5D4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#40A5D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#40A5D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A5D6

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A5D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A5D6	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7895D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a5d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 165, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.117 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfe2',
    500: '#40a5d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a5d6;
$custom-light: #87bfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a5d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.6,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68407,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A5D6

secondary

#D9AE99

accent

#7740E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A5D6

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

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