#2480A5#2480A5

#2480A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.100 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2480A5
RGBrgb(36, 128, 165)
HSLhsl(197, 64%, 39%)
HSVhsv(197, 78%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(78.2%, 22.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(50.13, -13.44, -27.24)
CIE-LCHlch(50.13, 30.37, 243.74°)
OKLaboklab(56.43% -0.0645 -0.0766)
OKLCHoklch(56.43% 0.1 229.9)
XYZxyz(15.2355, 18.5282, 38.3633)
Luminance0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2480A5 #A54924
analogous
#24A58A #2480A5 #2440A5
triadic
#2480A5 #A52480 #80A524
tetradic
#2480A5 #8A24A5 #A54924 #40A524
square
#2480A5 #8A24A5 #A54924 #40A524
split-complementary
#2480A5 #A52440 #A58A24
monochromatic
#0E3241 #195973 #2480A5 #34A5D3 #66BBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46
#2480A5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71
#2480A5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2480A5
4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2480A5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2480A51.004.464.714.71
#FFFFFF4.461.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7121.001.001.00
##0000004.7121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6D7EA7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5C72A4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008A8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2480a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 128, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.100 229.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a4c0',
    500: '#2480a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2480a5;
$custom-light: #73a4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2480a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.209,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56428,
    "c": 0.10012,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2480A5
secondary
#C37E62
accent
#7041E7
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EEF4F7
border
#C9CED0
text
#090F12
muted
#7B7F81

Preview Lab

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#2480A5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva