#40A8CE#40A8CE

#40A8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.109 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A8CE
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -17.72, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 33.18, 237.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.0755 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.109 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2531, 33.5484, 63.4197)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A8CE #CE6640

analogous

#40CEAD #40A8CE #4061CE

triadic

#40A8CE #CE40A8 #A8CE40

tetradic

#40A8CE #AD40CE #CE6640 #61CE40

square

#40A8CE #AD40CE #CE6640 #61CE40

split-complementary

#40A8CE #CE4061 #CEAD40

monochromatic

#1E5E75 #2B85A6 #40A8CE #71BEDA #A1D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#40A8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#40A8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A8CE

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A8CE	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.109 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2dd',
    500: '#40a8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a8ce;
$custom-light: #86c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68749,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A8CE

secondary

#D4A796

accent

#6F45E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A8CE

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

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