#40BDDC#40BDDC

#40BDDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.115 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BDDC
RGB	rgb(64, 189, 220)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 14.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -24.14, -25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 35.07, 226.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.091 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.115 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2248, 42.6486, 74.1772)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BDDC #DC5F40

analogous

#40DCAD #40BDDC #406FDC

triadic

#40BDDC #DC40BD #BDDC40

tetradic

#40BDDC #AD40DC #DC5F40 #6FDC40

square

#40BDDC #AD40DC #DC5F40 #6FDC40

split-complementary

#40BDDC #DC406F #DCAD40

monochromatic

#197289 #239EBC #40BDDC #74CFE5 #A7E1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#40BDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#40BDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BDDC

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BDDC	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 189, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.115 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1e7',
    500: '#40bddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bddc;
$custom-light: #89d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.923,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74305,
    "c": 0.11542,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BDDC

secondary

#DCA89B

accent

#5F3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BDDC

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

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