#40BAE2#40BAE2

#40BAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.120 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BAE2
RGB	rgb(64, 186, 226)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -20.72, -29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 36.22, 235.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0858 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.12 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3951, 41.6949, 78.2247)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BAE2 #E26840

analogous

#40E2B9 #40BAE2 #4069E2

triadic

#40BAE2 #E240BA #BAE240

tetradic

#40BAE2 #B940E2 #E26840 #69E240

square

#40BAE2 #B940E2 #E26840 #69E240

split-complementary

#40BAE2 #E24069 #E2B940

monochromatic

#167392 #1E9DC7 #40BAE2 #75CDEA #AAE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#40BAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#40BAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BAE2

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BAE2	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 186, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.120 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aceeb',
    500: '#40bae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bae2;
$custom-light: #8aceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.815,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73852,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BAE2

secondary

#E0AE9E

accent

#6538F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BAE2

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

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