#40ADD1#40ADD1

#40ADD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.110 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40ADD1
RGB	rgb(64, 173, 209)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -19.39, -27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 33.45, 234.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0794 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.11 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5619, 35.5774, 65.6711)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40ADD1 #D16440

analogous

#40D1AD #40ADD1 #4064D1

triadic

#40ADD1 #D140AD #ADD140

tetradic

#40ADD1 #AD40D1 #D16440 #64D140

square

#40ADD1 #AD40D1 #D16440 #64D140

split-complementary

#40ADD1 #D14064 #D1AD40

monochromatic

#1D6279 #298BAB #40ADD1 #71C2DD #A3D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#40ADD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#40ADD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40ADD1

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40ADD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40ADD1	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40add1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 173, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.110 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c5df',
    500: '#40add1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40add1;
$custom-light: #86c5df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40add1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.897,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70062,
    "c": 0.11007,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40ADD1

secondary

#D5A797

accent

#6B44E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40ADD1

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

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