#248A8B#248A8B

#248A8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.089 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248A8B
RGB	rgb(36, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, -27.40, -8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 28.78, 197.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.0856 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.089 196)
XYZ	xyz(14.4741, 20.4144, 27.5986)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248A8B #8B2524

analogous

#248B59 #248A8B #24568B

triadic

#248A8B #8B248A #8A8B24

tetradic

#248A8B #59248B #8B2524 #568B24

square

#248A8B #59248B #8B2524 #568B24

split-complementary

#248A8B #8B2456 #8B5924

monochromatic

#0B292A #175A5A #248A8B #31BABC #56D2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#248A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#248A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248A8B

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248A8B	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	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)

#80838B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.089 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71acac',
    500: '#248a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248a8b;
$custom-light: #71acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.583,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57853,
    "c": 0.08903,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.20416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248A8B

secondary

#B75453

accent

#4746E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248A8B

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

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