#248CB4#248CB4

#248CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.108 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248CB4
RGB	rgb(36, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 22.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, -14.84, -29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 32.70, 243.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% -0.0705 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.108 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3405, 22.4243, 46.5329)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248CB4 #B44C24

analogous

#24B494 #248CB4 #2444B4

triadic

#248CB4 #B4248C #8CB424

tetradic

#248CB4 #9424B4 #B44C24 #44B424

square

#248CB4 #9424B4 #B44C24 #44B424

split-complementary

#248CB4 #B42444 #B49424

monochromatic

#103D4E #1A6481 #248CB4 #3DADD8 #70C3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#248CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#248CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248CB4

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248CB4	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	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)

#778AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.108 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adca',
    500: '#248cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248cb4;
$custom-light: #77adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60114,
    "c": 0.10814,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248CB4

secondary

#C9856B

accent

#6E3EEA

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #248CB4

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

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