#40A7CE#40A7CE

#40A7CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.109 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A7CE
RGB	rgb(64, 167, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 18.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -17.19, -28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 33.29, 238.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0745 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.109 227)
XYZ	xyz(27.0692, 33.1806, 63.3584)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A7CE #CE6740

analogous

#40CEAE #40A7CE #4060CE

triadic

#40A7CE #CE40A7 #A7CE40

tetradic

#40A7CE #AE40CE #CE6740 #60CE40

square

#40A7CE #AE40CE #CE6740 #60CE40

split-complementary

#40A7CE #CE4060 #CEAE40

monochromatic

#1E5D75 #2B84A6 #40A7CE #71BDDA #A1D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#40A7CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#40A7CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A7CE

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A7CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A7CE	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a7ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 167, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.109 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c1dd',
    500: '#40a7ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a7ce;
$custom-light: #86c1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a7ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.479,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68512,
    "c": 0.10919,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.33184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A7CE

secondary

#D4A796

accent

#7145E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A7CE

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

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