#40A6C2#40A6C2

#40A6C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.101 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A6C2
RGB	rgb(64, 166, 194)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 14.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -20.49, -23.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 30.80, 228.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.078 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.101 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4842, 32.2547, 55.9112)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A6C2 #C25C40

analogous

#40C29D #40A6C2 #4065C2

triadic

#40A6C2 #C240A6 #A6C240

tetradic

#40A6C2 #9D40C2 #C25C40 #65C240

square

#40A6C2 #9D40C2 #C25C40 #65C240

split-complementary

#40A6C2 #C24065 #C29D40

monochromatic

#215867 #307F95 #40A6C2 #6EBCD1 #9DD1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#40A6C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#40A6C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A6C2

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A6C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A6C2	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)

#95A2C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8294C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a6c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 166, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.101 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c0d4',
    500: '#40a6c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a6c2;
$custom-light: #84c0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a6c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.923,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67757,
    "c": 0.10099,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A6C2

secondary

#CC9E92

accent

#6B4DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A6C2

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

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