#40BDD7#40BDD7

#40BDD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.113 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40BDD7
RGBrgb(64, 189, 215)
HSLhsl(190, 65%, 55%)
HSVhsv(190, 70%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(70.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.14, -25.69, -22.98)
CIE-LCHlch(71.14, 34.47, 221.81°)
OKLaboklab(74.1% -0.093 -0.064)
OKLCHoklch(74.1% 0.113 214.6)
XYZxyz(32.5725, 42.3877, 70.7418)
Luminance0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40BDD7 #D75A40
analogous
#40D7A5 #40BDD7 #4072D7
triadic
#40BDD7 #D740BD #BDD740
tetradic
#40BDD7 #A540D7 #D75A40 #72D740
square
#40BDD7 #A540D7 #D75A40 #72D740
split-complementary
#40BDD7 #D74072 #D7A540
monochromatic
#1B7081 #269CB4 #40BDD7 #73CEE2 #A5E0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#40BDD7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48
#40BDD7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDD7
9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40BDD7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40BDD71.002.229.489.48
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4821.001.001.00
##0000009.4821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AAB7D8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#95A7D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40bdd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.113 214.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1e3',
    500: '#40bdd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40bdd7;
$custom-light: #88d1e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40bdd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.331,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74102,
    "c": 0.11288,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40BDD7
secondary
#D9A59A
accent
#5D3FE8
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDD7

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#40BDD7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva