#40AFDC#40AFDC

#40AFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AFDC
RGB	rgb(64, 175, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 20.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -16.89, -31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 35.97, 241.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0773 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.118 229)
XYZ	xyz(30.3574, 36.9138, 73.2214)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AFDC #DC6D40

analogous

#40DCBB #40AFDC #4061DC

triadic

#40AFDC #DC40AF #AFDC40

tetradic

#40AFDC #BB40DC #DC6D40 #61DC40

square

#40AFDC #BB40DC #DC6D40 #61DC40

split-complementary

#40AFDC #DC4061 #DCBB40

monochromatic

#196889 #2390BC #40AFDC #74C5E5 #A7DAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#40AFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#40AFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AFDC

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AFDC	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40afdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 175, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c7e7',
    500: '#40afdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40afdc;
$custom-light: #88c7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40afdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.308,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71017,
    "c": 0.11796,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.36917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AFDC

secondary

#DCAE9B

accent

#6F3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AFDC

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

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