#2480A8#2480A8

#2480A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.103 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2480A8
RGBrgb(36, 128, 168)
HSLhsl(198, 65%, 40%)
HSVhsv(198, 79%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(78.6%, 23.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(50.26, -12.37, -28.78)
CIE-LCHlch(50.26, 31.32, 246.74°)
OKLaboklab(56.58% -0.0634 -0.081)
OKLCHoklch(56.58% 0.103 232)
XYZxyz(15.5117, 18.6387, 39.8183)
Luminance0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2480A8 #A84C24
analogous
#24A88E #2480A8 #243EA8
triadic
#2480A8 #A82480 #80A824
tetradic
#2480A8 #8E24A8 #A84C24 #3EA824
square
#2480A8 #8E24A8 #A84C24 #3EA824
split-complementary
#2480A8 #A8243E #A88E24
monochromatic
#0E3343 #195A76 #2480A8 #35A4D4 #68BBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44
#2480A8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73
#2480A8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2480A8
4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2480A8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2480A81.004.444.734.73
#FFFFFF4.441.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7321.001.001.00
##0000004.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6C7FAA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5A72A7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008B8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2480a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 128, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.103 232.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a4c2',
    500: '#2480a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2480a8;
$custom-light: #74a4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2480a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56577,
    "c": 0.10287,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.18641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2480A8
secondary
#C48163
accent
#7340E8
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EEF4F7
border
#C9CED0
text
#090F12
muted
#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2480A8

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#2480A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva