#40BAE1#40BAE1

#40BAE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.119 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAE1
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 225)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -21.04, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 36.01, 234.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0862 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.119 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2583, 41.6402, 77.5041)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAE1 #E16740

analogous

#40E1B8 #40BAE1 #406AE1

triadic

#40BAE1 #E140BA #BAE140

tetradic

#40BAE1 #B840E1 #E16740 #6AE140

square

#40BAE1 #B840E1 #E16740 #6AE140

split-complementary

#40BAE1 #E1406A #E1B840

monochromatic

#177390 #1F9DC5 #40BAE1 #75CDE9 #AAE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#40BAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#40BAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAE1

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAE1	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.119 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfea',
    500: '#40bae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bae1;
$custom-light: #89cfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.534,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73809,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAE1

secondary

#DFAD9D

accent

#6538F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAE1

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

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