#40A7BC#40A7BC

#40A7BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.098 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A7BC
RGB	rgb(64, 167, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -22.87, -19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 30.07, 220.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.0815 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.098 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0064, 32.3555, 52.4946)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A7BC #BC5540

analogous

#40BC93 #40A7BC #4069BC

triadic

#40A7BC #BC40A7 #A7BC40

tetradic

#40A7BC #9340BC #BC5540 #69BC40

square

#40A7BC #9340BC #BC5540 #69BC40

split-complementary

#40A7BC #BC4069 #BC9340

monochromatic

#215661 #307E8E #40A7BC #6CBDCD #9AD1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#40A7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#40A7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A7BC

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A7BC	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 167, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.098 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c1d0',
    500: '#40a7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a7bc;
$custom-light: #83c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.161,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67752,
    "c": 0.09788,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A7BC

secondary

#C9998F

accent

#664FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A7BC

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

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