#248AA5#248AA5

#248AA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.097 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248AA5
RGB	rgb(36, 138, 165)
HSL	hsl(193, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(193, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 16.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, -18.94, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 29.36, 229.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% -0.0743 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.097 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6047, 21.2666, 38.8197)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248AA5 #A53F24

analogous

#24A580 #248AA5 #244AA5

triadic

#248AA5 #A5248A #8AA524

tetradic

#248AA5 #8024A5 #A53F24 #4AA524

square

#248AA5 #8024A5 #A53F24 #4AA524

split-complementary

#248AA5 #A5244A #A58024

monochromatic

#0E3641 #196073 #248AA5 #34B1D3 #66C5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#248AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#248AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248AA5

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248AA5	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A86A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 138, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.097 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acbf',
    500: '#248aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248aa5;
$custom-light: #74acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.558,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5892,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248AA5

secondary

#C37662

accent

#6341E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #248AA5

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

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