#248BBC#248BBC

#248BBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.116 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248BBC
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(199, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 26.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, -11.44, -33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 35.53, 251.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% -0.0667 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.116 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0336, 22.4688, 50.9009)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248BBC #BC5524

analogous

#24BCA1 #248BBC #243FBC

triadic

#248BBC #BC248B #8BBC24

tetradic

#248BBC #A124BC #BC5524 #3FBC24

square

#248BBC #A124BC #BC5524 #3FBC24

split-complementary

#248BBC #BC243F #BCA124

monochromatic

#103F55 #1A6589 #248BBC #42AADB #76C1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#248BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#248BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248BBC

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248BBC	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.116 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acd0',
    500: '#248bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248bbc;
$custom-light: #78acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.342,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60267,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248BBC

secondary

#CC8E70

accent

#753DEB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0A1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #248BBC

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

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