#40BADF#40BADF

#40BADF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.117 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BADF
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 223)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 16.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -21.67, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 35.61, 232.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.087 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.117 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9870, 41.5317, 76.0756)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BADF #DF6540

analogous

#40DFB4 #40BADF #406BDF

triadic

#40BADF #DF40BA #BADF40

tetradic

#40BADF #B440DF #DF6540 #6BDF40

square

#40BADF #B440DF #DF6540 #6BDF40

split-complementary

#40BADF #DF406B #DFB440

monochromatic

#18728D #209CC1 #40BADF #74CDE8 #A9E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#40BADF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#40BADF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BADF

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BADF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BADF	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40badf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.117 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfe9',
    500: '#40badf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40badf;
$custom-light: #89cfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40badf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.962,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73724,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BADF

secondary

#DEAC9D

accent

#643AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BADF

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

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