#248DA4#248DA4

#248DA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.097 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248DA4
RGB	rgb(36, 141, 164)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 14%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, -20.87, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 29.25, 224.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% -0.0777 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.097 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9504, 22.1031, 38.4877)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248DA4 #A43B24

analogous

#24A47B #248DA4 #244DA4

triadic

#248DA4 #A4248D #8DA424

tetradic

#248DA4 #7B24A4 #A43B24 #4DA424

square

#248DA4 #7B24A4 #A43B24 #4DA424

split-complementary

#248DA4 #A4244D #A47B24

monochromatic

#0E3740 #196272 #248DA4 #33B6D2 #65C8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#248DA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#248DA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248DA4

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248DA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248DA4	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248da4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 141, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.097 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aebf',
    500: '#248da4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248da4;
$custom-light: #74aebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248da4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.781,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59628,
    "c": 0.09653,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248DA4

secondary

#C37361

accent

#5F41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #248DA4

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

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