#40ACC8#40ACC8

#40ACC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.104 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ACC8
RGB	rgb(64, 172, 200)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 14%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -21.72, -23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 31.82, 226.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0818 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.104 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2879, 34.7621, 59.9040)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ACC8 #C85C40

analogous

#40C8A0 #40ACC8 #4068C8

triadic

#40ACC8 #C840AC #ACC840

tetradic

#40ACC8 #A040C8 #C85C40 #68C840

square

#40ACC8 #A040C8 #C85C40 #68C840

split-complementary

#40ACC8 #C84068 #C8A040

monochromatic

#205E6E #2D869D #40ACC8 #70C1D6 #9FD5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#40ACC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#40ACC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ACC8

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ACC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ACC8	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8799C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40acc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 172, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.104 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c5d8',
    500: '#40acc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40acc8;
$custom-light: #85c5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40acc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.353,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69443,
    "c": 0.1044,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ACC8

secondary

#D0A094

accent

#6849DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ACC8

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

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