#40A6CE#40A6CE

#40A6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.109 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A6CE
RGB	rgb(64, 166, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, -16.65, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 33.41, 240.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0735 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.109 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8867, 32.8157, 63.2976)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A6CE #CE6840

analogous

#40CEAF #40A6CE #405FCE

triadic

#40A6CE #CE40A6 #A6CE40

tetradic

#40A6CE #AF40CE #CE6840 #5FCE40

square

#40A6CE #AF40CE #CE6840 #5FCE40

split-complementary

#40A6CE #CE405F #CEAF40

monochromatic

#1E5D75 #2B83A6 #40A6CE #71BDDA #A1D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#40A6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#40A6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A6CE

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A6CE	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 166, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.109 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c0dd',
    500: '#40a6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a6ce;
$custom-light: #86c0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.901,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68276,
    "c": 0.10948,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A6CE

secondary

#D4A796

accent

#7245E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A6CE

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

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