#248A8F#248A8F

#248A8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.089 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248A8F
RGB	rgb(36, 138, 143)
HSL	hsl(183, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(183, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 3.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, -26.15, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 28.35, 202.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58% -0.0838 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.089 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7717, 20.5334, 29.1661)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248A8F #8F2924

analogous

#248F5F #248A8F #24548F

triadic

#248A8F #8F248A #8A8F24

tetradic

#248A8F #5F248F #8F2924 #548F24

square

#248A8F #5F248F #8F2924 #548F24

split-complementary

#248A8F #8F2454 #8F5F24

monochromatic

#0B2C2D #185B5E #248A8F #30B9C0 #58CFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#248A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#248A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248A8F

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248A8F	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F848F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 138, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.089 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71acaf',
    500: '#248a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248a8f;
$custom-light: #71acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.804,
    "s": 59.777,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58004,
    "c": 0.0891,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248A8F

secondary

#B95A55

accent

#4C45E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248A8F

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

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