All About Color #40DCED

#40DCED

About #40DCED

#40DCED is a medium cyan color with the hex code #40DCED. In RGB it is red 64, green 220, blue 237; in HSL it is hue 186°, saturation 83%, lightness 59%; in CMYK it is 73%, 7%, 0%, 7%. Its contrast ratio is 1.66:1 on white and 12.68:1 on black.

#40DCED Color Conversion

Hex triplet40, DC, ED
CMYK73.00%, 7.17%, 0.00%, 7.06%
RGB Decimal64, 220, 237
HSL186°, 83%, 59%
RGB Octal100, 334, 355
HSV (HSB)185.90°, 73.00%, 92.94%
RGB Binary1000000, 11011100, 11101101
CIE-L*AB80.96, -34.09, -19.92
RGB Percent25.10%, 86.27%, 92.94%
CIE-L*CH80.96, 39.49, 210.30
XYZ42.99, 58.39, 89.13
CIE-L*UV80.96, -55.63, -26.63
xyY0.23, 0.31, 58.39
Hunter-Lab76.41, -33.29, -15.66
RYB25.10%, 57.27%, 92.94%

Color Accessibility Scores

#40DCED on a dark background: contrast 12.68:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#40DCED on a light background: contrast 1.66:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #40DCED, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#40DCED · #94EBF5 · #12AEBF · #ED5140 · #F59D94

Analogous palette

#40ED51 · #40EDA8 · #40DCED · #4085ED · #5140ED

Triadic palette

#40DCED · #ED40DC · #DCED40 · #94EBF5 · #F594EB

Tetradic palette

#40DCED · #A840ED · #ED5140 · #85ED40 · #12AEBF

Monochromatic palette

#0D7B87 · #13BBCD · #40DCED · #86E9F4 · #CCF6FA

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