#248A9F#248A9F

#248A9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.094 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248A9F
RGB	rgb(36, 138, 159)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, -20.96, -19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 28.51, 222.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% -0.0768 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.094 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.0714, 21.0533, 36.0108)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248A9F #9F3924

analogous

#249F76 #248A9F #244C9F

triadic

#248A9F #9F248A #8A9F24

tetradic

#248A9F #76249F #9F3924 #4C9F24

square

#248A9F #76249F #9F3924 #4C9F24

split-complementary

#248A9F #9F244C #9F7624

monochromatic

#0D333B #195F6D #248A9F #30B5D0 #62C7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#248A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#248A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248A9F

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248A9F	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B85A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 138, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.094 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acbb',
    500: '#248a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248a9f;
$custom-light: #73acbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.244,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58657,
    "c": 0.09386,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248A9F

secondary

#C16F5E

accent

#5E42E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #248A9F

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

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