#40BEDD#40BEDD

#40BEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.116 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BEDD
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 221)
HSL	hsl(192, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -24.34, -25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 35.23, 226.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0916 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.116 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5735, 43.1335, 74.9488)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BEDD #DD5F40

analogous

#40DDAD #40BEDD #406FDD

triadic

#40BEDD #DD40BE #BEDD40

tetradic

#40BEDD #AD40DD #DD5F40 #6FDD40

square

#40BEDD #AD40DD #DD5F40 #6FDD40

split-complementary

#40BEDD #DD406F #DDAD40

monochromatic

#19748A #229FBE #40BEDD #74D0E6 #A8E1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#40BEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#40BEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BEDD

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BEDD	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.116 217.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.847,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74582,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BEDD

secondary

#DDA99C

accent

#5E3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BEDD

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

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