#40ABCD#40ABCD

#40ABCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.108 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ABCD
RGB	rgb(64, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, -19.62, -26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 32.73, 233.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0789 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.108 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6922, 34.6205, 62.9687)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ABCD #CD6240

analogous

#40CDA8 #40ABCD #4065CD

triadic

#40ABCD #CD40AB #ABCD40

tetradic

#40ABCD #A840CD #CD6240 #65CD40

square

#40ABCD #A840CD #CD6240 #65CD40

split-complementary

#40ABCD #CD4065 #CDA840

monochromatic

#1E6074 #2B87A5 #40ABCD #71C0DA #A1D6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#40ABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#40ABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ABCD

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ABCD	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40abcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.108 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c4dc',
    500: '#40abcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40abcd;
$custom-light: #86c4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40abcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.468,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69416,
    "c": 0.10762,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ABCD

secondary

#D3A596

accent

#6C46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ABCD

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

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