#248DB4#248DB4

#248DB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.108 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248DB4
RGB	rgb(36, 141, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 21.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -15.39, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 32.53, 241.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% -0.0715 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.108 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4873, 22.7178, 46.5818)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248DB4 #B44B24

analogous

#24B493 #248DB4 #2445B4

triadic

#248DB4 #B4248D #8DB424

tetradic

#248DB4 #9324B4 #B44B24 #45B424

square

#248DB4 #9324B4 #B44B24 #45B424

split-complementary

#248DB4 #B42445 #B49324

monochromatic

#103D4E #1A6581 #248DB4 #3DAED8 #70C3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#248DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#248DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248DB4

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248DB4	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)

#798BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 141, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.108 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aeca',
    500: '#248db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248db4;
$custom-light: #77aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60359,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248DB4

secondary

#C9846B

accent

#6D3EEA

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #248DB4

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

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