#248A7E#248A7E

#248A7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.092 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248A7E
RGB	rgb(36, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 0%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, -31.29, -1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 31.34, 183.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% -0.0918 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.092 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.5801, 20.0568, 22.8902)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248A7E #8A2430

analogous

#248A4B #248A7E #24638A

triadic

#248A7E #7E248A #8A7E24

tetradic

#248A7E #4B248A #8A2430 #638A24

square

#248A7E #4B248A #8A2430 #638A24

split-complementary

#248A7E #8A2463 #8A4B24

monochromatic

#0B2925 #175952 #248A7E #31BBAA #56D3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#248A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#248A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248A7E

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248A7E	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)

#83827E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75777F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.092 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada3',
    500: '#248a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248a7e;
$custom-light: #70ada3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57393,
    "c": 0.09192,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248A7E

secondary

#B7535F

accent

#4658E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248A7E

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

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