#2480A4#2480A4

#2480A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.099 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2480A4
RGB	rgb(36, 128, 164)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(197, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 22%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, -13.79, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 30.08, 242.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% -0.0648 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.099 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1448, 18.4919, 37.8859)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2480A4 #A44824

analogous

#24A488 #2480A4 #2440A4

triadic

#2480A4 #A42480 #80A424

tetradic

#2480A4 #8824A4 #A44824 #40A424

square

#2480A4 #8824A4 #A44824 #40A424

split-complementary

#2480A4 #A42440 #A48824

monochromatic

#0E3240 #195972 #2480A4 #33A5D2 #65BBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#2480A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#2480A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2480A4

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2480A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2480A4	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7EA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C72A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2480a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 128, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.099 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a4bf',
    500: '#2480a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2480a4;
$custom-light: #73a4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2480a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5638,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2480A4

secondary

#C37D61

accent

#7041E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2480A4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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