#40A7CC#40A7CC

#40A7CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.108 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A7CC
RGB	rgb(64, 167, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, -17.83, -27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 32.79, 237.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0752 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.108 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8277, 33.0841, 62.0870)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A7CC #CC6540

analogous

#40CCAB #40A7CC #4061CC

triadic

#40A7CC #CC40A7 #A7CC40

tetradic

#40A7CC #AB40CC #CC6540 #61CC40

square

#40A7CC #AB40CC #CC6540 #61CC40

split-complementary

#40A7CC #CC4061 #CCAB40

monochromatic

#1F5D73 #2C84A3 #40A7CC #70BDD9 #A1D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#40A7CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#40A7CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A7CC

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A7CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A7CC	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a7cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 167, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.108 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c1db',
    500: '#40a7cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a7cc;
$custom-light: #85c1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a7cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68424,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A7CC

secondary

#D2A695

accent

#7047E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A7CC

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

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