#40BAD8#40BAD8

#40BAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.113 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAD8
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -23.87, -24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 34.44, 226.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0896 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.113 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0628, 41.1620, 71.2077)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAD8 #D85E40

analogous

#40D8AA #40BAD8 #406ED8

triadic

#40BAD8 #D840BA #BAD840

tetradic

#40BAD8 #AA40D8 #D85E40 #6ED840

square

#40BAD8 #AA40D8 #D85E40 #6ED840

split-complementary

#40BAD8 #D8406E #D8AA40

monochromatic

#1B6E83 #2599B6 #40BAD8 #73CCE2 #A6DFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#40BAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#40BAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAD8

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAD8	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.113 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfe4',
    500: '#40bad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bad8;
$custom-light: #88cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.842,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73432,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAD8

secondary

#DAA79A

accent

#603FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAD8

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

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