#248EB3#248EB3

#248EB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.107 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248EB3
RGB	rgb(36, 142, 179)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -16.29, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 32.12, 239.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.0728 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.107 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5339, 22.9735, 46.0966)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248EB3 #B34924

analogous

#24B390 #248EB3 #2447B3

triadic

#248EB3 #B3248E #8EB324

tetradic

#248EB3 #9024B3 #B34924 #47B324

square

#248EB3 #9024B3 #B34924 #47B324

split-complementary

#248EB3 #B32447 #B39024

monochromatic

#103D4D #1A6680 #248EB3 #3CB0D8 #6FC4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#248EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#248EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248EB3

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248EB3	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 142, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.107 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afca',
    500: '#248eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248eb3;
$custom-light: #77afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.524,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60556,
    "c": 0.10655,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248EB3

secondary

#C9836A

accent

#6B3EE9

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #248EB3

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

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