#40AAD6#40AAD6

#40AAD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.115 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AAD6
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 214)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 20.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, -16.19, -31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 35.05, 242.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0746 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.115 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6218, 34.6913, 68.7929)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AAD6 #D66C40

analogous

#40D6B7 #40AAD6 #405FD6

triadic

#40AAD6 #D640AA #AAD640

tetradic

#40AAD6 #B740D6 #D66C40 #5FD640

square

#40AAD6 #B740D6 #D66C40 #5FD640

split-complementary

#40AAD6 #D6405F #D6B740

monochromatic

#1B6380 #2689B2 #40AAD6 #72C0E1 #A5D7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#40AAD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#40AAD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AAD6

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AAD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AAD6	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A7D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F99D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.115 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c3e2',
    500: '#40aad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aad6;
$custom-light: #87c3e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.6,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69576,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AAD6

secondary

#D9AC99

accent

#7140E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AAD6

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

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