#40ccff

Color #40ccff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 8.77 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#40ccff

RGB

rgb(64, 204, 255)

HSL

hsl(196, 100%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196, 74.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(74.9%, 20%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(76.98, -20.68, -35.6)

LCH

lch(76.98, 41.17, 239.85)

OKLCH

oklch(79.3%, 0.136, 227.26)

HWB

hwb(196, 25.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff7340

Analogous

#40ffd2

#40ccff

#406cff

Triadic

#40ccff

#ff40cc

#ccff40

Split-complementary

#40ccff

#ff406c

#ffd240

Tetradic

#40ccff

#7340ff

#ff7340

#ccff40

Square

#40ccff

#d240ff

#ff7340

#6cff40

Shades

Color #40ccff mixed toward black.

#0bbeff

#009cd5

#00759f

#004e6a

#002735

Tints

Color #40ccff mixed toward white.

#60d5ff

#80ddff

#9fe6ff

#bfeeff

#dff7ff

Tones

Color #40ccff mixed toward gray.

#50c5ef

#60bddf

#70b6cf

#80aebf

#8fa7af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9394f4 · ΔE 26.4

Deuteranopia

#8b80f1 · ΔE 30.4

Tritanopia

#4febe9 · ΔE 18

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 22.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #40ccff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#40ccff]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#40ccff (#40ccff) is rgb(64, 204, 255) in RGB.

No, #40ccff 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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