#40ABCA#40ABCA

#40ABCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.106 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ABCA
RGB	rgb(64, 171, 202)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, -20.57, -24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 32.15, 230.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.08 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.106 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3336, 34.4770, 61.0799)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ABCA #CA5F40

analogous

#40CAA4 #40ABCA #4066CA

triadic

#40ABCA #CA40AB #ABCA40

tetradic

#40ABCA #A440CA #CA5F40 #66CA40

square

#40ABCA #A440CA #CA5F40 #66CA40

split-complementary

#40ABCA #CA4066 #CAA440

monochromatic

#1F5E70 #2C86A0 #40ABCA #70C0D7 #A0D5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#40ABCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#40ABCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ABCA

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#98A7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40abca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 171, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.106 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4da',
    500: '#40abca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40abca;
$custom-light: #85c4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40abca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.478,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69288,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ABCA

secondary

#D1A295

accent

#6A48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ABCA

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

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