#40A7CB#40A7CB

#40A7CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.107 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A7CB
RGB	rgb(64, 167, 203)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 17.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -18.15, -27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 32.56, 236.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0756 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.107 225)
XYZ	xyz(26.7082, 33.0363, 61.4574)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A7CB #CB6440

analogous

#40CBAA #40A7CB #4061CB

triadic

#40A7CB #CB40A7 #A7CB40

tetradic

#40A7CB #AA40CB #CB6440 #61CB40

square

#40A7CB #AA40CB #CB6440 #61CB40

split-complementary

#40A7CB #CB4061 #CBAA40

monochromatic

#1F5C72 #2C83A2 #40A7CB #70BDD8 #A0D3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#40A7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#40A7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A7CB

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A7CB	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8095CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 167, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.107 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c1db',
    500: '#40a7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a7cb;
$custom-light: #85c1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.54,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6838,
    "c": 0.10691,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.33039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A7CB

secondary

#D2A595

accent

#6F47E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A7CB

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

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