#40A8CA#40A8CA

#40A8CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.106 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A8CA
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -19.00, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 32.26, 233.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.077 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.106 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7733, 33.3565, 60.8931)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A8CA #CA6240

analogous

#40CAA7 #40A8CA #4063CA

triadic

#40A8CA #CA40A8 #A8CA40

tetradic

#40A8CA #A740CA #CA6240 #63CA40

square

#40A8CA #A740CA #CA6240 #63CA40

split-complementary

#40A8CA #CA4063 #CAA740

monochromatic

#1F5C70 #2C84A0 #40A8CA #70BED7 #A0D4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#40A8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#40A8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A8CA

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A8CA	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.106 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2da',
    500: '#40a8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a8ca;
$custom-light: #85c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.783,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68575,
    "c": 0.10601,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A8CA

secondary

#D1A495

accent

#6D48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A8CA

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

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