#40A9CE#40A9CE

#40A9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.109 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A9CE
RGB	rgb(64, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -18.25, -27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 33.09, 236.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0765 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.109 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4384, 33.9191, 63.4815)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A9CE #CE6540

analogous

#40CEAC #40A9CE #4062CE

triadic

#40A9CE #CE40A9 #A9CE40

tetradic

#40A9CE #AC40CE #CE6540 #62CE40

square

#40A9CE #AC40CE #CE6540 #62CE40

split-complementary

#40A9CE #CE4062 #CEAC40

monochromatic

#1E5F75 #2B86A6 #40A9CE #71BFDA #A1D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#40A9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#40A9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A9CE

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A9CE	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.109 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2dd',
    500: '#40a9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a9ce;
$custom-light: #86c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.634,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68985,
    "c": 0.1087,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A9CE

secondary

#D4A696

accent

#6E45E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A9CE

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

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