#248AA9#248AA9

#248AA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.100 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248AA9
RGB	rgb(36, 138, 169)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(194, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -17.57, -24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 30.14, 234.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% -0.0728 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.1 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9745, 21.4145, 40.7672)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248AA9 #A94324

analogous

#24A985 #248AA9 #2447A9

triadic

#248AA9 #A9248A #8AA924

tetradic

#248AA9 #8524A9 #A94324 #47A924

square

#248AA9 #8524A9 #A94324 #47A924

split-complementary

#248AA9 #A92447 #A98524

monochromatic

#0F3844 #196177 #248AA9 #36AFD4 #68C3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#248AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#248AA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248AA9

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248AA9	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	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)

#7887AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 138, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.100 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acc2',
    500: '#248aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248aa9;
$custom-light: #75acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.985,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59102,
    "c": 0.10004,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248AA9

secondary

#C57B64

accent

#6740E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #248AA9

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

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