#40BEDE#40BEDE

#40BEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.117 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BEDE
RGB	rgb(64, 190, 222)
HSL	hsl(192, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -24.02, -25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 35.37, 227.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0912 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.117 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7071, 43.1869, 75.6525)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BEDE #DE6040

analogous

#40DEAF #40BEDE #406FDE

triadic

#40BEDE #DE40BE #BEDE40

tetradic

#40BEDE #AF40DE #DE6040 #6FDE40

square

#40BEDE #AF40DE #DE6040 #6FDE40

split-complementary

#40BEDE #DE406F #DEAF40

monochromatic

#18748B #21A0C0 #40BEDE #74D0E7 #A8E2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#40BEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#40BEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BEDE

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BEDE	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 190, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.117 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1e8',
    500: '#40bede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bede;
$custom-light: #89d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.152,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74623,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BEDE

secondary

#DEA99C

accent

#5F3AED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BEDE

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

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