#248DAD#248DAD

#248DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.102 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248DAD
RGB	rgb(36, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(194, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, -17.82, -25.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 30.79, 234.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% -0.0741 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.102 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7921, 22.4398, 42.9206)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248DAD #AD4424

analogous

#24AD88 #248DAD #2448AD

triadic

#248DAD #AD248D #8DAD24

tetradic

#248DAD #8824AD #AD4424 #48AD24

square

#248DAD #8824AD #AD4424 #48AD24

split-complementary

#248DAD #AD2448 #AD8824

monochromatic

#0F3A48 #19647A #248DAD #39B1D6 #6BC5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#248DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#248DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248DAD

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#7B8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.102 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aec5',
    500: '#248dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248dad;
$custom-light: #76aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.015,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6003,
    "c": 0.10224,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248DAD

secondary

#C67D66

accent

#673FE9

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #248DAD

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

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