#40AEC8#40AEC8

#40AEC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.104 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AEC8
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -22.75, -22.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 31.89, 224.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0839 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.104 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6714, 35.5291, 60.0318)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AEC8 #C85A40

analogous

#40C89E #40AEC8 #406AC8

triadic

#40AEC8 #C840AE #AEC840

tetradic

#40AEC8 #9E40C8 #C85A40 #6AC840

square

#40AEC8 #9E40C8 #C85A40 #6AC840

split-complementary

#40AEC8 #C8406A #C89E40

monochromatic

#205F6E #2D889D #40AEC8 #70C2D6 #9FD6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#40AEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#40AEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AEC8

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AEC8	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.104 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6d8',
    500: '#40aec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aec8;
$custom-light: #85c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.471,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69922,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AEC8

secondary

#D09F94

accent

#6649DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AEC8

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

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