#40A7CD#40A7CD

#40A7CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.108 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A7CD
RGB	rgb(64, 167, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 18.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -17.51, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 33.04, 238.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0749 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.108 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9481, 33.1322, 62.7207)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A7CD #CD6640

analogous

#40CDAC #40A7CD #4061CD

triadic

#40A7CD #CD40A7 #A7CD40

tetradic

#40A7CD #AC40CD #CD6640 #61CD40

square

#40A7CD #AC40CD #CD6640 #61CD40

split-complementary

#40A7CD #CD4061 #CDAC40

monochromatic

#1E5D74 #2B84A5 #40A7CD #71BDDA #A1D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#40A7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#40A7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A7CD

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A7CD	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 167, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.108 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c1dc',
    500: '#40a7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a7cd;
$custom-light: #86c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.17,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68468,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A7CD

secondary

#D3A696

accent

#7046E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A7CD

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

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