#40A6CC#40A6CC

#40A6CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.108 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A6CC
RGB	rgb(64, 166, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, -17.30, -27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 32.90, 238.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0742 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.108 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6453, 32.7191, 62.0262)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A6CC #CC6640

analogous

#40CCAC #40A6CC #4060CC

triadic

#40A6CC #CC40A6 #A6CC40

tetradic

#40A6CC #AC40CC #CC6640 #60CC40

square

#40A6CC #AC40CC #CC6640 #60CC40

split-complementary

#40A6CC #CC4060 #CCAC40

monochromatic

#1F5C73 #2C83A3 #40A6CC #70BDD9 #A1D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#40A6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#40A6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A6CC

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A6CC	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 166, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.108 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c0db',
    500: '#40a6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a6cc;
$custom-light: #85c0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68187,
    "c": 0.10789,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A6CC

secondary

#D2A695

accent

#7147E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A6CC

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

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