#40ABCE#40ABCE

#40ABCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.108 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ABCE
RGB	rgb(64, 171, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 17%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -19.30, -26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 32.94, 234.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0785 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.108 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8133, 34.6689, 63.6065)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ABCE #CE6340

analogous

#40CEAA #40ABCE #4064CE

triadic

#40ABCE #CE40AB #ABCE40

tetradic

#40ABCE #AA40CE #CE6340 #64CE40

square

#40ABCE #AA40CE #CE6340 #64CE40

split-complementary

#40ABCE #CE4064 #CEAA40

monochromatic

#1E6075 #2B88A6 #40ABCE #71C0DA #A1D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#40ABCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#40ABCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ABCE

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ABCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ABCE	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8399CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40abce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 171, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.108 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c4dd',
    500: '#40abce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40abce;
$custom-light: #86c4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40abce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.789,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69459,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ABCE

secondary

#D4A596

accent

#6C45E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ABCE

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

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