#248BB1#248BB1

#248BB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.106 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248BB1
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 177)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 21.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, -15.34, -28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 32.01, 241.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% -0.0707 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.106 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8927, 22.0124, 44.8922)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248BB1 #B14A24

analogous

#24B191 #248BB1 #2445B1

triadic

#248BB1 #B1248B #8BB124

tetradic

#248BB1 #9124B1 #B14A24 #45B124

square

#248BB1 #9124B1 #B14A24 #45B124

split-complementary

#248BB1 #B12445 #B19124

monochromatic

#0F3B4B #1A637E #248BB1 #3BADD7 #6EC2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#248BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#248BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248BB1

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248BB1	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7789B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.106 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adc8',
    500: '#248bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248bb1;
$custom-light: #76adc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.17,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59724,
    "c": 0.106,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248BB1

secondary

#C88269

accent

#6D3FE9

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #248BB1

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

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