#40AED0#40AED0

#40AED0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.109 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AED0
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 208)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -20.23, -26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 33.19, 232.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0808 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.109 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6309, 35.9129, 65.0852)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AED0 #D06240

analogous

#40D0AA #40AED0 #4066D0

triadic

#40AED0 #D040AE #AED040

tetradic

#40AED0 #AA40D0 #D06240 #66D040

square

#40AED0 #AA40D0 #D06240 #66D040

split-complementary

#40AED0 #D04066 #D0AA40

monochromatic

#1E6378 #2A8BA9 #40AED0 #71C3DC #A2D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#40AED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#40AED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AED0

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AED0	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAAD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.109 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6de',
    500: '#40aed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aed0;
$custom-light: #86c6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.167,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70256,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AED0

secondary

#D5A697

accent

#6A44E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AED0

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

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