#40AED2#40AED2

#40AED2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.111 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AED2
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 210)
HSL	hsl(195, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -19.59, -27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 33.60, 234.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.08 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.111 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8785, 36.0120, 66.3893)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AED2 #D26440

analogous

#40D2AD #40AED2 #4065D2

triadic

#40AED2 #D240AE #AED240

tetradic

#40AED2 #AD40D2 #D26440 #65D240

square

#40AED2 #AD40D2 #D26440 #65D240

split-complementary

#40AED2 #D24065 #D2AD40

monochromatic

#1D647B #298CAC #40AED2 #72C3DE #A3D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#40AED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#40AED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AED2

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AED2	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAAD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.111 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6e0',
    500: '#40aed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aed2;
$custom-light: #87c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.795,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70342,
    "c": 0.11059,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AED2

secondary

#D6A798

accent

#6B43E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AED2

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

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