#248AA8#248AA8

#248AA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.099 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248AA8
RGB	rgb(36, 138, 168)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(194, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -17.91, -23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 29.93, 233.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0732 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.099 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8810, 21.3771, 40.2747)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248AA8 #A84224

analogous

#24A884 #248AA8 #2448A8

triadic

#248AA8 #A8248A #8AA824

tetradic

#248AA8 #8424A8 #A84224 #48A824

square

#248AA8 #8424A8 #A84224 #48A824

split-complementary

#248AA8 #A82448 #A88424

monochromatic

#0E3743 #196176 #248AA8 #35B0D4 #68C4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#248AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#248AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248AA8

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248AA8	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7987AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 138, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.099 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acc2',
    500: '#248aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248aa8;
$custom-light: #75acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59056,
    "c": 0.09933,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248AA8

secondary

#C47963

accent

#6640E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #248AA8

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

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