#40B2D9#40B2D9

#40B2D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.115 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40B2D9
RGB	rgb(64, 178, 217)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 18%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -19.44, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 34.86, 236.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0814 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.115 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5540, 37.9370, 71.3445)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40B2D9 #D96740

analogous

#40D9B3 #40B2D9 #4066D9

triadic

#40B2D9 #D940B2 #B2D940

tetradic

#40B2D9 #B340D9 #D96740 #66D940

square

#40B2D9 #B340D9 #D96740 #66D940

split-complementary

#40B2D9 #D94066 #D9B340

monochromatic

#1A6984 #2492B7 #40B2D9 #73C7E3 #A6DBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#40B2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#40B2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40B2D9

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40B2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40B2D9	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40b2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 178, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.115 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9e4',
    500: '#40b2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40b2d9;
$custom-light: #88c9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40b2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71587,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40B2D9

secondary

#DAAB9A

accent

#6A3EEA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40B2D9

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

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