#248EB4#248EB4

#248EB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.107 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248EB4
RGB	rgb(36, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 21.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, -15.94, -28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 32.38, 240.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% -0.0724 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.107 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6354, 23.0141, 46.6312)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248EB4 #B44A24

analogous

#24B492 #248EB4 #2446B4

triadic

#248EB4 #B4248E #8EB424

tetradic

#248EB4 #9224B4 #B44A24 #46B424

square

#248EB4 #9224B4 #B44A24 #46B424

split-complementary

#248EB4 #B42446 #B49224

monochromatic

#103E4E #1A6681 #248EB4 #3DAFD8 #70C4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#248EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#248EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248EB4

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248EB4	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)

#7A8BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.107 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afca',
    500: '#248eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248eb4;
$custom-light: #77afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60604,
    "c": 0.10735,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248EB4

secondary

#C9846B

accent

#6B3EEA

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #248EB4

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

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