#40AAD0#40AAD0

#40AAD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.110 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40AAD0
RGBrgb(64, 170, 208)
HSLhsl(196, 61%, 53%)
HSVhsv(196, 69%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(69.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(65.27, -18.13, -28.13)
CIE-LCHlch(65.27, 33.47, 237.20°)
OKLaboklab(69.31% -0.0768 -0.0787)
OKLCHoklch(69.31% 0.11 225.7)
XYZxyz(27.8696, 34.3904, 64.8315)
Luminance0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40AAD0 #D06640
analogous
#40D0AE #40AAD0 #4062D0
triadic
#40AAD0 #D040AA #AAD040
tetradic
#40AAD0 #AE40D0 #D06640 #62D040
square
#40AAD0 #AE40D0 #D06640 #62D040
split-complementary
#40AAD0 #D04062 #D0AE40
monochromatic
#1E6078 #2A88A9 #40AAD0 #71C0DC #A2D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67
#40AAD0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88
#40AAD0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AAD0
7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40AAD0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40AAD01.002.677.887.88
#FFFFFF2.671.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8821.001.001.00
##0000007.8821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#95A7D2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8198D0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40aad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.110 225.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c3de',
    500: '#40aad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40aad0;
$custom-light: #86c3de;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40aad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69309,
    "c": 0.10996,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40AAD0
secondary
#D5A797
accent
#6E44E4
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

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#40AAD0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva