#40BED9#40BED9

#40BED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.114 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BED9
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 217)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -25.58, -23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 34.75, 222.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0932 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.114 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0469, 42.9228, 72.1754)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BED9 #D95B40

analogous

#40D9A7 #40BED9 #4072D9

triadic

#40BED9 #D940BE #BED940

tetradic

#40BED9 #A740D9 #D95B40 #72D940

square

#40BED9 #A740D9 #D95B40 #72D940

split-complementary

#40BED9 #D94072 #D9A740

monochromatic

#1A7284 #249DB7 #40BED9 #73CFE3 #A6E1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#40BED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#40BED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BED9

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BED9	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.114 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2e4',
    500: '#40bed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bed9;
$custom-light: #89d2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74419,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BED9

secondary

#DAA69A

accent

#5C3EEA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BED9

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

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