#40aee6

Color #40aee6

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 8.86 Nearest Tailwind class sky-400 #00bcff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#40aee6

RGB

rgb(64, 174, 230)

HSL

hsl(200.2, 76.9%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.2, 72.2%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(72.2%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(67.33, -13.07, -37.05)

LCH

lch(67.33, 39.29, 250.57)

OKLCH

oklch(71.3%, 0.1273, 235.05)

HWB

hwb(200.2, 25.1%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e67840

Analogous

#40e6cb

#40aee6

#405be6

Triadic

#40aee6

#e640ae

#aee640

Split-complementary

#40aee6

#e6405b

#e6cb40

Tetradic

#40aee6

#7840e6

#e67840

#aee640

Square

#40aee6

#cb40e6

#e67840

#5be640

Shades

Color #40aee6 mixed toward black.

#1c99d9

#177bad

#115c82

#0b3d57

#061f2b

Tints

Color #40aee6 mixed toward white.

#60bcea

#7fc9ee

#9fd7f3

#bfe4f7

#dff2fb

Tones

Color #40aee6 mixed toward gray.

#4eaad8

#5ba5ca

#69a0bc

#779caf

#8597a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f80da · ΔE 22.6

Deuteranopia

#7970d7 · ΔE 26.3

Tritanopia

#4bd0ce · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 21.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #40aee6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#40aee6]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#40aee6 (#40aee6) is rgb(64, 174, 230) in RGB.

No, #40aee6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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