#40AECD#40AECD

#40AECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.107 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AECD
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -21.18, -24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 32.64, 229.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0819 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.107 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2653, 35.7667, 63.1598)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AECD #CD5F40

analogous

#40CDA5 #40AECD #4068CD

triadic

#40AECD #CD40AE #AECD40

tetradic

#40AECD #A540CD #CD5F40 #68CD40

square

#40AECD #A540CD #CD5F40 #68CD40

split-complementary

#40AECD #CD4068 #CDA540

monochromatic

#1E6174 #2B8AA5 #40AECD #71C3DA #A1D7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#40AECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#40AECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AECD

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AECD	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.107 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6dc',
    500: '#40aecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aecd;
$custom-light: #86c6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.191,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70129,
    "c": 0.1073,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AECD

secondary

#D3A396

accent

#6846E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AECD

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

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