#40BCE2#40BCE2

#40BCE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.119 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BCE2
RGB	rgb(64, 188, 226)
HSL	hsl(194, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 16.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -21.75, -28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 36.10, 232.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0878 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.119 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8194, 42.5435, 78.3661)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BCE2 #E26640

analogous

#40E2B7 #40BCE2 #406BE2

triadic

#40BCE2 #E240BC #BCE240

tetradic

#40BCE2 #B740E2 #E26640 #6BE240

square

#40BCE2 #B740E2 #E26640 #6BE240

split-complementary

#40BCE2 #E2406B #E2B740

monochromatic

#167592 #1E9FC7 #40BCE2 #75CFEA #AAE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#40BCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#40BCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BCE2

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BCE2	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 188, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.119 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0eb',
    500: '#40bce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bce2;
$custom-light: #8ad0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.074,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7432,
    "c": 0.11916,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BCE2

secondary

#E0AD9E

accent

#6338F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BCE2

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

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