#40AECC#40AECC

#40AECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.107 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AECC
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 204)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 14.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -21.49, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 32.47, 228.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0823 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.107 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1450, 35.7186, 62.5261)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AECC #CC5E40

analogous

#40CCA4 #40AECC #4068CC

triadic

#40AECC #CC40AE #AECC40

tetradic

#40AECC #A440CC #CC5E40 #68CC40

square

#40AECC #A440CC #CC5E40 #68CC40

split-complementary

#40AECC #CC4068 #CCA440

monochromatic

#1F6173 #2C8AA3 #40AECC #70C2D9 #A1D7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#40AECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#40AECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AECC

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AECC	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.107 219.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70087,
    "c": 0.10669,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AECC

secondary

#D2A395

accent

#6847E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AECC

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

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