#40A8CC#40A8CC

#40A8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.107 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A8CC
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, -18.36, -27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 32.71, 235.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0763 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.107 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0116, 33.4519, 62.1483)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A8CC #CC6440

analogous

#40CCAA #40A8CC #4062CC

triadic

#40A8CC #CC40A8 #A8CC40

tetradic

#40A8CC #AA40CC #CC6440 #62CC40

square

#40A8CC #AA40CC #CC6440 #62CC40

split-complementary

#40A8CC #CC4062 #CCAA40

monochromatic

#1F5D73 #2C84A3 #40A8CC #70BED9 #A1D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#40A8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#40A8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A8CC

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A8CC	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.107 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2db',
    500: '#40a8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a8cc;
$custom-light: #85c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68661,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A8CC

secondary

#D2A595

accent

#6E47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A8CC

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

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