#248EA4#248EA4

#248EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.097 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248EA4
RGB	rgb(36, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, -21.40, -20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 29.30, 223.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0787 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.097 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0985, 22.3993, 38.5371)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248EA4 #A43A24

analogous

#24A47A #248EA4 #244EA4

triadic

#248EA4 #A4248E #8EA424

tetradic

#248EA4 #7A24A4 #A43A24 #4EA424

square

#248EA4 #7A24A4 #A43A24 #4EA424

split-complementary

#248EA4 #A4244E #A47A24

monochromatic

#0E3740 #196372 #248EA4 #33B7D2 #65C9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#248EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#248EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248EA4

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248EA4	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.097 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afbf',
    500: '#248ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248ea4;
$custom-light: #74afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.313,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5988,
    "c": 0.09654,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248EA4

secondary

#C37261

accent

#5D41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #248EA4

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

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