Color

#40aef2

#40aef2
hex#40aef2
rgbrgb(64, 174, 242)
hslhsl(203, 87%, 60%)
oklchoklch(0.718 0.139 240.3)
Closest name: Cerulean (#55aaee)Relative luminance 0.3777

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#f28440

#40f2dd · #4055f2

#f240ae · #aef240

Split-complementary

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#f24055 · #f2dd40

#dd40f2 · #f28440 · #55f240

Contrast

#40aef2 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.45:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #0d7bbf as the text (4.56:1)
  • AAA: use #0a5c8f as the text (7.14:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3b3b3b (4.56:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1a1a1a (7.09:1)
Aaon black
8.55:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #40aef2 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#40aef2 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #40aef2
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #40aef2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/40aef2-9cb0c4-df4e5d-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md