#248BAE#248BAE

#248BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.104 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248BAE
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(195, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -16.38, -26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 31.22, 238.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% -0.0718 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.104 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5970, 21.8941, 43.3347)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248BAE #AE4724

analogous

#24AE8C #248BAE #2446AE

triadic

#248BAE #AE248B #8BAE24

tetradic

#248BAE #8C24AE #AE4724 #46AE24

square

#248BAE #8C24AE #AE4724 #46AE24

split-complementary

#248BAE #AE2446 #AE8C24

monochromatic

#0F3A49 #1A627B #248BAE #39AED6 #6CC3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#248BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#248BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248BAE

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248BAE	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.104 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adc6',
    500: '#248bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248bae;
$custom-light: #76adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.217,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59582,
    "c": 0.10355,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248BAE

secondary

#C77F67

accent

#6A3FE9

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #248BAE

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

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