#40ABD1#40ABD1

#40ABD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.110 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ABD1
RGB	rgb(64, 171, 209)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 18.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -18.34, -28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 33.61, 236.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0774 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.11 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1812, 34.8161, 65.5442)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ABD1 #D16640

analogous

#40D1AE #40ABD1 #4062D1

triadic

#40ABD1 #D140AB #ABD140

tetradic

#40ABD1 #AE40D1 #D16640 #62D140

square

#40ABD1 #AE40D1 #D16640 #62D140

split-complementary

#40ABD1 #D14062 #D1AE40

monochromatic

#1D6179 #2989AB #40ABD1 #71C1DD #A3D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#40ABD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#40ABD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ABD1

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ABD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ABD1	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8299D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40abd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 171, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.110 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c4df',
    500: '#40abd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40abd1;
$custom-light: #86c4df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40abd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.724,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69589,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ABD1

secondary

#D5A897

accent

#6E44E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ABD1

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

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