#40AAC2#40AAC2

#40AAC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.101 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AAC2
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 194)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 12.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -22.56, -21.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 30.93, 223.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0822 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.101 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2226, 33.7316, 56.1573)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AAC2 #C25840

analogous

#40C299 #40AAC2 #4069C2

triadic

#40AAC2 #C240AA #AAC240

tetradic

#40AAC2 #9940C2 #C25840 #69C240

square

#40AAC2 #9940C2 #C25840 #69C240

split-complementary

#40AAC2 #C24069 #C29940

monochromatic

#215A67 #308295 #40AAC2 #6EBFD1 #9DD3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#40AAC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#40AAC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AAC2

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AAC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AAC2	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)

#99A5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8797C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.101 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c3d4',
    500: '#40aac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aac2;
$custom-light: #84c3d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.077,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68718,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AAC2

secondary

#CC9D92

accent

#674DDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AAC2

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

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