#248CA9#248CA9

#248CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.100 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248CA9
RGB	rgb(36, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, -18.65, -23.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 30.03, 231.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% -0.0747 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.1 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2641, 21.9937, 40.8637)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248CA9 #A94124

analogous

#24A984 #248CA9 #2449A9

triadic

#248CA9 #A9248C #8CA924

tetradic

#248CA9 #8424A9 #A94124 #49A924

square

#248CA9 #8424A9 #A94124 #49A924

split-complementary

#248CA9 #A92449 #A98424

monochromatic

#0F3844 #196277 #248CA9 #36B2D4 #68C5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#248CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#248CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248CA9

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248CA9	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)

#7B88AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.100 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adc2',
    500: '#248ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248ca9;
$custom-light: #75adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.083,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.596,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248CA9

secondary

#C57964

accent

#6540E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #248CA9

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

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