#40AACB#40AACB

#40AACB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.106 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AACB
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 203)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, -19.73, -25.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 32.37, 232.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% -0.0787 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.106 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2642, 34.1482, 61.6427)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AACB #CB6140

analogous

#40CBA7 #40AACB #4064CB

triadic

#40AACB #CB40AA #AACB40

tetradic

#40AACB #A740CB #CB6140 #64CB40

square

#40AACB #A740CB #CB6140 #64CB40

split-complementary

#40AACB #CB4064 #CBA740

monochromatic

#1F5E72 #2C86A2 #40AACB #70BFD8 #A0D5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#40AACB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#40AACB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AACB

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AACB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AACB	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aacb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.106 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3db',
    500: '#40aacb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aacb;
$custom-light: #85c3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aacb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.245,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69093,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AACB

secondary

#D2A495

accent

#6C47E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AACB

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

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