#40AECB#40AECB

#40AECB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.106 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AECB
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 203)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -21.81, -23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 32.31, 227.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0827 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.106 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0254, 35.6707, 61.8965)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AECB #CB5D40

analogous

#40CBA3 #40AECB #4068CB

triadic

#40AECB #CB40AE #AECB40

tetradic

#40AECB #A340CB #CB5D40 #68CB40

square

#40AECB #A340CB #CB5D40 #68CB40

split-complementary

#40AECB #CB4068 #CBA340

monochromatic

#1F6072 #2C89A2 #40AECB #70C2D8 #A0D7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#40AECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#40AECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AECB

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AECB	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.106 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6db',
    500: '#40aecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aecb;
$custom-light: #86c6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.518,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70045,
    "c": 0.1061,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AECB

secondary

#D2A295

accent

#6747E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AECB

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

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