#40A6D2#40A6D2

#40A6D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.113 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A6D2
RGB	rgb(64, 166, 210)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 21%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -15.35, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 34.54, 243.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0721 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.113 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3788, 33.0125, 65.8894)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A6D2 #D26C40

analogous

#40D2B5 #40A6D2 #405DD2

triadic

#40A6D2 #D240A6 #A6D240

tetradic

#40A6D2 #B540D2 #D26C40 #5DD240

square

#40A6D2 #B540D2 #D26C40 #5DD240

split-complementary

#40A6D2 #D2405D #D2B540

monochromatic

#1D5E7B #2985AC #40A6D2 #72BDDE #A3D4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#40A6D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#40A6D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A6D2

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A6D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A6D2	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C95D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a6d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 166, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.113 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c0e0',
    500: '#40a6d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a6d2;
$custom-light: #86c0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a6d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68456,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A6D2

secondary

#D6AA98

accent

#7443E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A6D2

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

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