#248CA8#248CA8

#248CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.099 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248CA8
RGB	rgb(36, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, -18.99, -23.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 29.85, 230.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% -0.0751 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.099 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1705, 21.9563, 40.3712)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248CA8 #A84024

analogous

#24A882 #248CA8 #244AA8

triadic

#248CA8 #A8248C #8CA824

tetradic

#248CA8 #8224A8 #A84024 #4AA824

square

#248CA8 #8224A8 #A84024 #4AA824

split-complementary

#248CA8 #A8244A #A88224

monochromatic

#0E3843 #196276 #248CA8 #35B2D4 #68C5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#248CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#248CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248CA8

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248CA8	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B88A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.099 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adc2',
    500: '#248ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248ca8;
$custom-light: #75adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59555,
    "c": 0.09898,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248CA8

secondary

#C47863

accent

#6440E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #248CA8

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

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