#40AAD2#40AAD2

#40AAD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.111 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AAD2
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 19%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -17.49, -29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 33.97, 239.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.076 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.111 227)
XYZ	xyz(28.1172, 34.4894, 66.1355)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AAD2 #D26840

analogous

#40D2B1 #40AAD2 #4061D2

triadic

#40AAD2 #D240AA #AAD240

tetradic

#40AAD2 #B140D2 #D26840 #61D240

square

#40AAD2 #B140D2 #D26840 #61D240

split-complementary

#40AAD2 #D24061 #D2B140

monochromatic

#1D617B #2988AC #40AAD2 #72C0DE #A3D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#40AAD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#40AAD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AAD2

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AAD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AAD2	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8198D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.111 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c3e0',
    500: '#40aad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aad2;
$custom-light: #86c3e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69397,
    "c": 0.11149,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.34493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AAD2

secondary

#D6A998

accent

#6F43E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AAD2

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

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