#40A8BE#40A8BE

#40A8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.099 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A8BE
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(190, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, -22.77, -20.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 30.35, 221.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.0817 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.099 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4074, 32.8102, 53.6992)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#40A8BE #BE5640

analogous

#40BE95 #40A8BE #4069BE

triadic

#40A8BE #BE40A8 #A8BE40

tetradic

#40A8BE #9540BE #BE5640 #69BE40

square

#40A8BE #9540BE #BE5640 #69BE40

split-complementary

#40A8BE #BE4069 #BE9540

monochromatic

#215762 #318090 #40A8BE #6DBDCE #9BD2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#40A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#40A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A8BE

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A8BE	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.099 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2d1',
    500: '#40a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a8be;
$custom-light: #84c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.476,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68074,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A8BE

secondary

#C99A90

accent

#674FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A8BE

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

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