#40A7CF#40A7CF

#40A7CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.110 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A7CF
RGB	rgb(64, 167, 207)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 19.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, -16.86, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 33.55, 239.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0741 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.11 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1910, 33.2294, 64.0003)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A7CF #CF6840

analogous

#40CFAF #40A7CF #405FCF

triadic

#40A7CF #CF40A7 #A7CF40

tetradic

#40A7CF #AF40CF #CF6840 #5FCF40

square

#40A7CF #AF40CF #CF6840 #5FCF40

split-complementary

#40A7CF #CF405F #CFAF40

monochromatic

#1E5E77 #2A85A8 #40A7CF #71BEDB #A2D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#40A7CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#40A7CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A7CF

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A7CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A7CF	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E96CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a7cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 167, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.110 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c1dd',
    500: '#40a7cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a7cf;
$custom-light: #86c1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a7cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.783,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68557,
    "c": 0.10998,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A7CF

secondary

#D4A897

accent

#7145E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A7CF

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

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