#40AFCD#40AFCD

#40AFCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.107 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFCD
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -21.70, -24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 32.63, 228.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0829 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.107 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4592, 36.1545, 63.2244)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFCD #CD5E40

analogous

#40CDA4 #40AFCD #4068CD

triadic

#40AFCD #CD40AF #AFCD40

tetradic

#40AFCD #A440CD #CD5E40 #68CD40

square

#40AFCD #A440CD #CD5E40 #68CD40

split-complementary

#40AFCD #CD4068 #CDA440

monochromatic

#1E6274 #2B8BA5 #40AFCD #71C3DA #A1D8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#40AFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#40AFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFCD

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFCD	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.107 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c7dc',
    500: '#40afcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afcd;
$custom-light: #86c7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.766,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70367,
    "c": 0.10724,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFCD

secondary

#D3A396

accent

#6746E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFCD

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

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