#40ABC8#40ABC8

#40ABC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.104 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ABC8
RGB	rgb(64, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -21.20, -23.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 31.81, 228.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0808 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.104 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0983, 34.3829, 59.8408)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ABC8 #C85D40

analogous

#40C8A1 #40ABC8 #4067C8

triadic

#40ABC8 #C840AB #ABC840

tetradic

#40ABC8 #A140C8 #C85D40 #67C840

square

#40ABC8 #A140C8 #C85D40 #67C840

split-complementary

#40ABC8 #C84067 #C8A140

monochromatic

#205D6E #2D869D #40ABC8 #70C0D6 #9FD5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#40ABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#40ABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ABC8

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ABC8	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)

#99A6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8698C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40abc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.104 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4d8',
    500: '#40abc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40abc8;
$custom-light: #85c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40abc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.794,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69205,
    "c": 0.10442,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ABC8

secondary

#D0A194

accent

#6949DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ABC8

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

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