#248BA8#248BA8

#248BA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.099 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248BA8
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 168)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, -18.45, -23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 29.88, 231.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% -0.0741 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.099 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0251, 21.6654, 40.3227)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248BA8 #A84124

analogous

#24A883 #248BA8 #2449A8

triadic

#248BA8 #A8248B #8BA824

tetradic

#248BA8 #8324A8 #A84124 #49A824

square

#248BA8 #8324A8 #A84124 #49A824

split-complementary

#248BA8 #A82449 #A88324

monochromatic

#0E3843 #196176 #248BA8 #35B1D4 #68C4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#248BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#248BA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248BA8

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248BA8	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A87AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.099 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adc2',
    500: '#248ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248ba8;
$custom-light: #75adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.182,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59305,
    "c": 0.09914,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248BA8

secondary

#C47963

accent

#6540E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #248BA8

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

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