#40ACCE#40ACCE

#40ACCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.108 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ACCE
RGB	rgb(64, 172, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 16.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -19.82, -26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 32.88, 232.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.0795 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.108 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0029, 35.0481, 63.6697)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ACCE #CE6240

analogous

#40CEA9 #40ACCE #4065CE

triadic

#40ACCE #CE40AC #ACCE40

tetradic

#40ACCE #A940CE #CE6240 #65CE40

square

#40ACCE #A940CE #CE6240 #65CE40

split-complementary

#40ACCE #CE4065 #CEA940

monochromatic

#1E6175 #2B89A6 #40ACCE #71C1DA #A1D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#40ACCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#40ACCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ACCE

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ACCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ACCE	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40acce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 172, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.108 222.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40acce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.366,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69696,
    "c": 0.10815,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ACCE

secondary

#D4A596

accent

#6B45E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ACCE

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

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