#248EA5#248EA5

#248EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.097 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248EA5
RGB	rgb(36, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, -21.07, -20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 29.41, 224.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% -0.0783 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.097 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1892, 22.4356, 39.0146)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#248EA5 #A53B24

analogous

#24A57C #248EA5 #244DA5

triadic

#248EA5 #A5248E #8EA524

tetradic

#248EA5 #7C24A5 #A53B24 #4DA524

square

#248EA5 #7C24A5 #A53B24 #4DA524

split-complementary

#248EA5 #A5244D #A57C24

monochromatic

#0E3841 #196373 #248EA5 #34B6D3 #66C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#248EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#248EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248EA5

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248EA5	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)

#7E89A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.097 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afbf',
    500: '#248ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248ea5;
$custom-light: #74afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.698,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59923,
    "c": 0.09706,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248EA5

secondary

#C37362

accent

#5E41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #248EA5

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

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