#40A8D2#40A8D2

#40A8D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.112 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A8D2
RGB	rgb(64, 168, 210)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 20%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -16.42, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 34.23, 241.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.074 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.112 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7452, 33.7453, 66.0115)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A8D2 #D26A40

analogous

#40D2B3 #40A8D2 #405FD2

triadic

#40A8D2 #D240A8 #A8D240

tetradic

#40A8D2 #B340D2 #D26A40 #5FD240

square

#40A8D2 #B340D2 #D26A40 #5FD240

split-complementary

#40A8D2 #D2405F #D2B340

monochromatic

#1D607B #2986AC #40A8D2 #72BFDE #A3D5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#40A8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#40A8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A8D2

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A8D2	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E97D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 168, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.112 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2e0',
    500: '#40a8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a8d2;
$custom-light: #86c2e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.26,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68926,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A8D2

secondary

#D6AA98

accent

#7143E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A8D2

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

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