#40AECE#40AECE

#40AECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.108 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AECE
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -20.86, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 32.81, 230.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0815 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.108 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3864, 35.8151, 63.7975)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AECE #CE6040

analogous

#40CEA7 #40AECE #4067CE

triadic

#40AECE #CE40AE #AECE40

tetradic

#40AECE #A740CE #CE6040 #67CE40

square

#40AECE #A740CE #CE6040 #67CE40

split-complementary

#40AECE #CE4067 #CEA740

monochromatic

#1E6275 #2B8AA6 #40AECE #71C3DA #A1D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#40AECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#40AECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AECE

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AECE	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.108 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6dd',
    500: '#40aece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aece;
$custom-light: #86c6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.521,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70171,
    "c": 0.10792,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AECE

secondary

#D4A496

accent

#6945E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AECE

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

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