#40A8CD#40A8CD

#40A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.108 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A8CD
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -18.04, -27.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 32.94, 236.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0759 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.108 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1320, 33.5000, 62.7820)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A8CD #CD6540

analogous

#40CDAC #40A8CD #4061CD

triadic

#40A8CD #CD40A8 #A8CD40

tetradic

#40A8CD #AC40CD #CD6540 #61CD40

square

#40A8CD #AC40CD #CD6540 #61CD40

split-complementary

#40A8CD #CD4061 #CDAC40

monochromatic

#1E5E74 #2B85A5 #40A8CD #71BEDA #A1D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#40A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#40A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A8CD

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A8CD	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.108 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2dc',
    500: '#40a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a8cd;
$custom-light: #86c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.745,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68705,
    "c": 0.10818,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A8CD

secondary

#D3A696

accent

#6F46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A8CD

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

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