#248DB3#248DB3

#248DB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.107 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248DB3
RGB	rgb(36, 141, 179)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, -15.74, -28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 32.26, 240.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0719 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.107 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3858, 22.6772, 46.0472)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248DB3 #B34A24

analogous

#24B392 #248DB3 #2446B3

triadic

#248DB3 #B3248D #8DB324

tetradic

#248DB3 #9224B3 #B34A24 #46B324

square

#248DB3 #9224B3 #B34A24 #46B324

split-complementary

#248DB3 #B32446 #B39224

monochromatic

#103D4D #1A6580 #248DB3 #3CAFD8 #6FC4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#248DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#248DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248DB3

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248DB3	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 141, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.107 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aeca',
    500: '#248db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248db3;
$custom-light: #77aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60311,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248DB3

secondary

#C9836A

accent

#6C3EE9

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #248DB3

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

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