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#40aade

a balanced, vivid cyan · cool · closest name: steelblue

RGB
64, 170, 222
HSL
200°, 71%, 56%
CMYK
71, 23, 0, 13
Luminance
0.3511

Every format

HEX#40aade
RGBrgb(64, 170, 222)
HSLhsl(200, 71%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(71%, 23%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(65.8 -13.6 -35.0)
LCHlch(65.8 37.5 248.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.699 0.122 233.9)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #40aade;
background-color: #40aade;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#40aade] bg-[#40aade]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #40aade;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.251, green: 0.667, blue: 0.871)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#40aade")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#40aade on white: 2.62:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#40aade on black: 8.02:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red25.1%
Green66.7%
Blue87.1%

CMYK percentages

Cyan71.2%
Magenta23.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.9%

Color previews

#40aade text on a black background

contrast 8.02:1

Card sample

#40aade text on a white background

contrast 2.62:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #40aade;
Background color
Panel with #40aade background
background-color: #40aade;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #40aade;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(64, 170, 222, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(64, 170, 222, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #40aade;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40aade, #4041DE);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #40aade

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #40aade in the Color Lab