#40AACE#40AACE

#40AACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.108 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AACE
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -18.77, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 33.00, 235.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0775 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.108 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6251, 34.2926, 63.5438)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AACE #CE6440

analogous

#40CEAB #40AACE #4063CE

triadic

#40AACE #CE40AA #AACE40

tetradic

#40AACE #AB40CE #CE6440 #63CE40

square

#40AACE #AB40CE #CE6440 #63CE40

split-complementary

#40AACE #CE4063 #CEAB40

monochromatic

#1E5F75 #2B87A6 #40AACE #71C0DA #A1D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#40AACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#40AACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AACE

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AACE	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.108 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c3dd',
    500: '#40aace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aace;
$custom-light: #86c3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.211,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69222,
    "c": 0.10849,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AACE

secondary

#D4A696

accent

#6D45E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AACE

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

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