#40AFD4#40AFD4

#40AFD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.112 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFD4
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 17.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -19.48, -27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 33.97, 235.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0803 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.112 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3231, 36.5001, 67.7744)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFD4 #D46540

analogous

#40D4AF #40AFD4 #4065D4

triadic

#40AFD4 #D440AF #AFD440

tetradic

#40AFD4 #AF40D4 #D46540 #65D440

square

#40AFD4 #AF40D4 #D46540 #65D440

split-complementary

#40AFD4 #D44065 #D4AF40

monochromatic

#1C657D #278DAF #40AFD4 #72C4DF #A4D9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#40AFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#40AFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFD4

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFD4	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.112 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c7e1',
    500: '#40afd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afd4;
$custom-light: #87c7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70664,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFD4

secondary

#D7A898

accent

#6B42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFD4

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

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