#40B2CA#40B2CA

#40B2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.106 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B2CA
RGB	rgb(64, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -24.16, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 32.36, 221.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0871 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.106 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6910, 37.1918, 61.5323)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B2CA #CA5840

analogous

#40CA9D #40B2CA #406DCA

triadic

#40B2CA #CA40B2 #B2CA40

tetradic

#40B2CA #9D40CA #CA5840 #6DCA40

square

#40B2CA #9D40CA #CA5840 #6DCA40

split-complementary

#40B2CA #CA406D #CA9D40

monochromatic

#1F6270 #2C8CA0 #40B2CA #70C5D7 #A0D9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#40B2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#40B2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B2CA

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B2CA	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.106 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9da',
    500: '#40b2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b2ca;
$custom-light: #86c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7096,
    "c": 0.10575,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B2CA

secondary

#D19F95

accent

#6248E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B2CA

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

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