#40aeda

Color #40aeda

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 12.69 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#40aeda

RGB

rgb(64, 174, 218)

HSL

hsl(197.1, 67.5%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.1, 70.6%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(66.84, -17.01, -31.23)

LCH

lch(66.84, 35.56, 241.42)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.1167, 228.65)

HWB

hwb(197.1, 25.1%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#da6c40

Analogous

#40dab9

#40aeda

#4061da

Triadic

#40aeda

#da40ae

#aeda40

Split-complementary

#40aeda

#da4061

#dab940

Tetradic

#40aeda

#6c40da

#da6c40

#aeda40

Square

#40aeda

#b940da

#da6c40

#61da40

Shades

Color #40aeda mixed toward black.

#2698c5

#1f799d

#175b76

#0f3d4f

#081e27

Tints

Color #40aeda mixed toward white.

#60bce0

#80c9e6

#a0d7ec

#bfe4f3

#dff2f9

Tones

Color #40aeda mixed toward gray.

#4da9cd

#5aa3c0

#679eb3

#7398a7

#80939a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f80d0 · ΔE 23.7

Deuteranopia

#7970ce · ΔE 27.2

Tritanopia

#4bc8c7 · ΔE 16.8

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #40aeda;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#40aeda]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#40aeda (#40aeda) is rgb(64, 174, 218) in RGB.

No, #40aeda is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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