#248EAE#248EAE

#248EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.103 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248EAE
RGB	rgb(36, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(194, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, -18.01, -25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 30.93, 234.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% -0.0747 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.103 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0373, 22.7748, 43.4815)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248EAE #AE4424

analogous

#24AE89 #248EAE #2449AE

triadic

#248EAE #AE248E #8EAE24

tetradic

#248EAE #8924AE #AE4424 #49AE24

square

#248EAE #8924AE #AE4424 #49AE24

split-complementary

#248EAE #AE2449 #AE8924

monochromatic

#0F3B49 #1A657B #248EAE #39B2D6 #6CC5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#248EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#248EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248EAE

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248EAE	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.103 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afc6',
    500: '#248eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248eae;
$custom-light: #76afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.913,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60324,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248EAE

secondary

#C77D67

accent

#663FE9

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #248EAE

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

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