#40A6CD#40A6CD

#40A6CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.109 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A6CD
RGB	rgb(64, 166, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 19%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, -16.98, -28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 33.15, 239.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.0739 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.109 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7656, 32.7672, 62.6599)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A6CD #CD6740

analogous

#40CDAE #40A6CD #405FCD

triadic

#40A6CD #CD40A6 #A6CD40

tetradic

#40A6CD #AE40CD #CD6740 #5FCD40

square

#40A6CD #AE40CD #CD6740 #5FCD40

split-complementary

#40A6CD #CD405F #CDAE40

monochromatic

#1E5C74 #2B83A5 #40A6CD #71BDDA #A1D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#40A6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#40A6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A6CD

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A6CD	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 166, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.109 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c0dc',
    500: '#40a6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a6cd;
$custom-light: #85c0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68232,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A6CD

secondary

#D3A796

accent

#7146E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A6CD

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

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