#40ABCC#40ABCC

#40ABCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.107 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ABCC
RGB	rgb(64, 171, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, -19.94, -25.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 32.52, 232.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.0793 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.107 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5719, 34.5724, 62.3351)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ABCC #CC6140

analogous

#40CCA7 #40ABCC #4065CC

triadic

#40ABCC #CC40AB #ABCC40

tetradic

#40ABCC #A740CC #CC6140 #65CC40

square

#40ABCC #A740CC #CC6140 #65CC40

split-complementary

#40ABCC #CC4065 #CCA740

monochromatic

#1F5F73 #2C87A3 #40ABCC #70C0D9 #A1D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#40ABCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#40ABCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ABCC

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ABCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ABCC	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40abcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 171, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.107 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c4db',
    500: '#40abcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40abcc;
$custom-light: #86c4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40abcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69373,
    "c": 0.10695,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ABCC

secondary

#D2A495

accent

#6B47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ABCC

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

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