#248AB2#248AB2

#248AB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.107 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#248AB2
RGBrgb(36, 138, 178)
HSLhsl(197, 66%, 42%)
HSVhsv(197, 80%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(79.8%, 22.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(53.78, -14.43, -29.08)
CIE-LCHlch(53.78, 32.47, 243.60°)
OKLaboklab(59.53% -0.0694 -0.0818)
OKLCHoklch(59.53% 0.107 229.7)
XYZxyz(17.8486, 21.7642, 45.3711)
Luminance0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#248AB2 #B24C24
analogous
#24B293 #248AB2 #2443B2
triadic
#248AB2 #B2248A #8AB224
tetradic
#248AB2 #9324B2 #B24C24 #43B224
square
#248AB2 #9324B2 #B24C24 #43B224
split-complementary
#248AB2 #B22443 #B29324
monochromatic
#0F3B4C #1A637F #248AB2 #3CACD8 #6FC1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92
#248AB2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35
#248AB2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248AB2
5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##248AB2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##248AB21.003.925.355.35
#FFFFFF3.921.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3521.001.001.00
##0000005.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7588B4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#637BB1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009597
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #248ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 138, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.107 229.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acc9',
    500: '#248ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #248ab2;
$custom-light: #76acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#248ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.901,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59527,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#248AB2
secondary
#C88469
accent
#6F3FE9
background
#F7FAFC
surface
#EEF4F8
border
#C9CED1
text
#0A1013
muted
#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #248AB2

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#248AB2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva