#40ABD2#40ABD2

#40ABD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.111 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ABD2
RGB	rgb(64, 171, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -18.02, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 33.86, 237.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.077 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.111 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3054, 34.8658, 66.1983)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ABD2 #D26740

analogous

#40D2B0 #40ABD2 #4062D2

triadic

#40ABD2 #D240AB #ABD240

tetradic

#40ABD2 #B040D2 #D26740 #62D240

square

#40ABD2 #B040D2 #D26740 #62D240

split-complementary

#40ABD2 #D24062 #D2B040

monochromatic

#1D627B #2989AC #40ABD2 #72C1DE #A3D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#40ABD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#40ABD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ABD2

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ABD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ABD2	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8299D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40abd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 171, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.111 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c4e0',
    500: '#40abd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40abd2;
$custom-light: #86c4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40abd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.027,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69633,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ABD2

secondary

#D6A898

accent

#6E43E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ABD2

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

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