#248496#248496

#248496 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.089 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248496
RGB	rgb(36, 132, 150)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 12%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, -20.79, -17.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 27.18, 220.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% -0.0745 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.089 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.4815, 19.0779, 31.7674)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248496 #963624

analogous

#24966F #248496 #244B96

triadic

#248496 #962484 #849624

tetradic

#248496 #6F2496 #963624 #4B9624

square

#248496 #6F2496 #963624 #4B9624

split-complementary

#248496 #96244B #966F24

monochromatic

#0C2D33 #185965 #248496 #30AFC7 #5CC4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#248496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#248496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248496

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248496	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 132, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.089 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a8b4',
    500: '#248496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248496;
$custom-light: #71a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56748,
    "c": 0.08905,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248496

secondary

#BD6959

accent

#5D43E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #248496

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

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