#40A6C8#40A6C8

#40A6C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.105 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A6C8
RGB	rgb(64, 166, 200)
HSL	hsl(195, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 17%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -18.58, -25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 31.95, 234.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0757 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.105 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1717, 32.5297, 59.5319)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A6C8 #C86240

analogous

#40C8A6 #40A6C8 #4062C8

triadic

#40A6C8 #C840A6 #A6C840

tetradic

#40A6C8 #A640C8 #C86240 #62C840

square

#40A6C8 #A640C8 #C86240 #62C840

split-complementary

#40A6C8 #C84062 #C8A640

monochromatic

#205A6E #2D819D #40A6C8 #70BCD6 #9FD2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#40A6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#40A6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A6C8

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A6C8	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8094C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 166, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.105 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c0d8',
    500: '#40a6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a6c8;
$custom-light: #85c0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68013,
    "c": 0.10493,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A6C8

secondary

#D0A394

accent

#6F49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A6C8

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

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