#40A7E2#40A7E2

#40A7E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.127 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A7E2
RGB	rgb(64, 167, 226)
HSL	hsl(202, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 26.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -10.59, -38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 39.72, 254.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0676 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.127 238)
XYZ	xyz(29.6551, 34.2150, 76.9780)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A7E2 #E27B40

analogous

#40E2CC #40A7E2 #4056E2

triadic

#40A7E2 #E240A7 #A7E240

tetradic

#40A7E2 #CC40E2 #E27B40 #56E240

square

#40A7E2 #CC40E2 #E27B40 #56E240

split-complementary

#40A7E2 #E24056 #E2CC40

monochromatic

#166592 #1E89C7 #40A7E2 #75BFEA #AAD8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#40A7E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#40A7E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A7E2

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A7E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A7E2	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7597E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a7e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 167, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.127 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c1eb',
    500: '#40a7e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a7e2;
$custom-light: #88c1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a7e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.852,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69443,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.34218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A7E2

secondary

#E0B69E

accent

#7B38F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A7E2

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

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