#248BB2#248BB2

#248BB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.107 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248BB2
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, -14.99, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 32.29, 242.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0703 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.107 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9928, 22.0524, 45.4191)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248BB2 #B24B24

analogous

#24B292 #248BB2 #2444B2

triadic

#248BB2 #B2248B #8BB224

tetradic

#248BB2 #9224B2 #B24B24 #44B224

square

#248BB2 #9224B2 #B24B24 #44B224

split-complementary

#248BB2 #B22444 #B29224

monochromatic

#0F3B4C #1A637F #248BB2 #3CADD8 #6FC2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#248BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#248BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248BB2

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248BB2	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7789B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.107 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adc9',
    500: '#248bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248bb2;
$custom-light: #76adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.479,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59772,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248BB2

secondary

#C88469

accent

#6D3FE9

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #248BB2

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

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