#248A8A#248A8A

#248A8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.089 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248A8A
RGB	rgb(36, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(180, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.27, -27.71, -8.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.27, 28.92, 196.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% -0.0861 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.089 195)
XYZ	xyz(14.4014, 20.3853, 27.2156)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248A8A #8A2424

analogous

#248A57 #248A8A #24578A

triadic

#248A8A #8A248A #8A8A24

tetradic

#248A8A #57248A #8A2424 #578A24

square

#248A8A #57248A #8A2424 #578A24

split-complementary

#248A8A #8A2457 #8A5724

monochromatic

#0B2929 #175959 #248A8A #31BBBB #56D3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#248A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#248A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248A8A

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248A8A	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81838A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72788B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.089 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71acac',
    500: '#248a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248a8a;
$custom-light: #71acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57815,
    "c": 0.0891,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.20387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248A8A

secondary

#B75353

accent

#4646E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248A8A

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

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