#40AFCC#40AFCC

#40AFCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.107 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFCC
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 14.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -22.01, -23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 32.48, 227.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0833 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.107 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3389, 36.1064, 62.5907)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFCC #CC5D40

analogous

#40CCA3 #40AFCC #4069CC

triadic

#40AFCC #CC40AF #AFCC40

tetradic

#40AFCC #A340CC #CC5D40 #69CC40

square

#40AFCC #A340CC #CC5D40 #69CC40

split-complementary

#40AFCC #CC4069 #CCA340

monochromatic

#1F6173 #2C8AA3 #40AFCC #70C3D9 #A1D7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#40AFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#40AFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFCC

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFCC	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.107 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c7db',
    500: '#40afcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afcc;
$custom-light: #86c7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70325,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFCC

secondary

#D2A295

accent

#6747E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFCC

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

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