#40c3ff

Color #40c3ff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 3.86 Nearest Tailwind class sky-400 #00bcff · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#40c3ff

RGB

rgb(64, 195, 255)

HSL

hsl(198.8, 100%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.8, 74.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(74.9%, 23.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(74.4, -16, -39.59)

LCH

lch(74.4, 42.7, 247.99)

OKLCH

oklch(77.2%, 0.1397, 232.97)

HWB

hwb(198.8, 25.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff7c40

Analogous

#40ffdb

#40c3ff

#4063ff

Triadic

#40c3ff

#ff40c3

#c3ff40

Split-complementary

#40c3ff

#ff4063

#ffdb40

Tetradic

#40c3ff

#7c40ff

#ff7c40

#c3ff40

Square

#40c3ff

#db40ff

#ff7c40

#63ff40

Shades

Color #40c3ff mixed toward black.

#0bb2ff

#0092d5

#006d9f

#00496a

#002435

Tints

Color #40c3ff mixed toward white.

#60cdff

#80d7ff

#9fe1ff

#bfebff

#dff5ff

Tones

Color #40c3ff mixed toward gray.

#50bdef

#60b7df

#70b1cf

#80abbf

#8fa5af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8ef2 · ΔE 24.8

Deuteranopia

#867bef · ΔE 28.9

Tritanopia

#4ee8e5 · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 22.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #40c3ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#40c3ff]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#40c3ff (#40c3ff) is rgb(64, 195, 255) in RGB.

No, #40c3ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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