#40AFD2#40AFD2

#40AFD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.110 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFD2
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 210)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -20.11, -26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 33.55, 233.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.081 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.11 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0724, 36.3998, 66.4539)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFD2 #D26340

analogous

#40D2AC #40AFD2 #4066D2

triadic

#40AFD2 #D240AF #AFD240

tetradic

#40AFD2 #AC40D2 #D26340 #66D240

square

#40AFD2 #AC40D2 #D26340 #66D240

split-complementary

#40AFD2 #D24066 #D2AC40

monochromatic

#1D647B #298DAC #40AFD2 #72C4DE #A3D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#40AFD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#40AFD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFD2

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFD2	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BABD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.110 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c7e0',
    500: '#40afd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afd2;
$custom-light: #87c7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.384,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70578,
    "c": 0.11043,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFD2

secondary

#D6A798

accent

#6A43E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFD2

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

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