#248A7D#248A7D

#248A7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.092 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248A7D
RGB	rgb(36, 138, 125)
HSL	hsl(172, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(172, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 0%, 9.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, -31.57, -1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 31.60, 182.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% -0.0922 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.092 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5159, 20.0311, 22.5521)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248A7D #8A2431

analogous

#248A4A #248A7D #24648A

triadic

#248A7D #7D248A #8A7D24

tetradic

#248A7D #4A248A #8A2431 #648A24

square

#248A7D #4A248A #8A2431 #648A24

split-complementary

#248A7D #8A2464 #8A4A24

monochromatic

#0B2925 #175951 #248A7D #31BBA9 #56D3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#248A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#248A7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248A7D

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248A7D	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83827D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75777E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 138, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.092 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada2',
    500: '#248a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248a7d;
$custom-light: #6fada2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.353,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5736,
    "c": 0.09234,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248A7D

secondary

#B75360

accent

#465AE2

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #248A7D

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

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