#40A7C8#40A7C8

#40A7C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.105 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A7C8
RGB	rgb(64, 167, 200)
HSL	hsl(195, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 16.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -19.11, -25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 31.89, 233.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.0767 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.105 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3542, 32.8946, 59.5928)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A7C8 #C86140

analogous

#40C8A5 #40A7C8 #4063C8

triadic

#40A7C8 #C840A7 #A7C840

tetradic

#40A7C8 #A540C8 #C86140 #63C840

square

#40A7C8 #A540C8 #C86140 #63C840

split-complementary

#40A7C8 #C84063 #C8A540

monochromatic

#205B6E #2D829D #40A7C8 #70BDD6 #9FD3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#40A7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#40A7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A7C8

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A7C8	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8195C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 167, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.105 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c1d8',
    500: '#40a7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a7c8;
$custom-light: #85c1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.559,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68251,
    "c": 0.10477,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A7C8

secondary

#D0A394

accent

#6D49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A7C8

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

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