#40BAD5#40BAD5

#40BAD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.112 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAD5
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 213)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -24.81, -23.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 34.07, 223.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0908 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.112 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6785, 41.0083, 69.1837)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAD5 #D55B40

analogous

#40D5A5 #40BAD5 #4070D5

triadic

#40BAD5 #D540BA #BAD540

tetradic

#40BAD5 #A540D5 #D55B40 #70D540

square

#40BAD5 #A540D5 #D55B40 #70D540

split-complementary

#40BAD5 #D54070 #D5A540

monochromatic

#1C6D7F #2798B1 #40BAD5 #72CCE0 #A4DEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#40BAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#40BAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAD5

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAD5	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B4D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A5D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.112 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfe2',
    500: '#40bad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bad5;
$custom-light: #88cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.872,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7331,
    "c": 0.1117,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAD5

secondary

#D8A499

accent

#5F41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAD5

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

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