#40AADA#40AADA

#40AADA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.118 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AADA
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 218)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 22%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -14.88, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 36.24, 245.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0732 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.118 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1389, 34.8981, 71.5164)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AADA #DA7040

analogous

#40DABD #40AADA #405DDA

triadic

#40AADA #DA40AA #AADA40

tetradic

#40AADA #BD40DA #DA7040 #5DDA40

square

#40AADA #BD40DA #DA7040 #5DDA40

split-complementary

#40AADA #DA405D #DABD40

monochromatic

#1A6486 #248AB9 #40AADA #73C1E4 #A7D8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#40AADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#40AADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AADA

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AADA	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D99D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.118 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c3e5',
    500: '#40aada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aada;
$custom-light: #87c3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.701,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69759,
    "c": 0.11818,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AADA

secondary

#DBAF9B

accent

#733DEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AADA

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

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