#248A9C#248A9C

#248A9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.092 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248A9C
RGB	rgb(36, 138, 156)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, -21.96, -17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 28.25, 218.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% -0.0781 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.092 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8142, 20.9504, 34.6564)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248A9C #9C3624

analogous

#249C72 #248A9C #244E9C

triadic

#248A9C #9C248A #8A9C24

tetradic

#248A9C #72249C #9C3624 #4E9C24

square

#248A9C #72249C #9C3624 #4E9C24

split-complementary

#248A9C #9C244E #9C7224

monochromatic

#0D3239 #195E6A #248A9C #2FB6CE #60C8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#248A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#248A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248A9C

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248A9C	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 138, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.092 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acb9',
    500: '#248a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248a9c;
$custom-light: #73acb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58529,
    "c": 0.09245,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248A9C

secondary

#BF6B5C

accent

#5B42E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #248A9C

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

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