#40B2CD#40B2CD

#40B2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.107 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B2CD
RGB	rgb(64, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -23.23, -23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 32.70, 224.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0859 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.107 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0496, 37.3353, 63.4212)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B2CD #CD5B40

analogous

#40CDA1 #40B2CD #406CCD

triadic

#40B2CD #CD40B2 #B2CD40

tetradic

#40B2CD #A140CD #CD5B40 #6CCD40

square

#40B2CD #A140CD #CD5B40 #6CCD40

split-complementary

#40B2CD #CD406C #CDA140

monochromatic

#1E6474 #2B8DA5 #40B2CD #71C6DA #A1D9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#40B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#40B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B2CD

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B2CD	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.107 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9dc',
    500: '#40b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b2cd;
$custom-light: #86c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.489,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71082,
    "c": 0.10724,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B2CD

secondary

#D3A296

accent

#6446E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B2CD

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

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