#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
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 208)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -18.13, -28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 33.47, 237.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0768 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.11 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8696, 34.3904, 64.8315)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##40AAD0	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #40AAD0

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

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