#40AFC8#40AFC8

#40AFC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.104 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFC8
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 12.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -23.26, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 31.94, 223.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0849 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.105 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8653, 35.9169, 60.0965)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFC8 #C85940

analogous

#40C89D #40AFC8 #406BC8

triadic

#40AFC8 #C840AF #AFC840

tetradic

#40AFC8 #9D40C8 #C85940 #6BC840

square

#40AFC8 #9D40C8 #C85940 #6BC840

split-complementary

#40AFC8 #C8406B #C89D40

monochromatic

#20606E #2D899D #40AFC8 #70C3D6 #9FD7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#40AFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#40AFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFC8

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFC8	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)

#9EAAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.104 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7d8',
    500: '#40afc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afc8;
$custom-light: #85c7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.029,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70161,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFC8

secondary

#D09F94

accent

#6549DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFC8

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

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