#248A9D#248A9D

#248A9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.093 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248A9D
RGB	rgb(36, 138, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, -21.63, -18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 28.32, 220.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% -0.0776 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.093 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.8992, 20.9844, 35.1042)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248A9D #9D3724

analogous

#249D73 #248A9D #244E9D

triadic

#248A9D #9D248A #8A9D24

tetradic

#248A9D #73249D #9D3724 #4E9D24

square

#248A9D #73249D #9D3724 #4E9D24

split-complementary

#248A9D #9D244E #9D7324

monochromatic

#0D3239 #195E6B #248A9D #2FB6CF #61C8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#248A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#248A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248A9D

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248A9D	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 138, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.093 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acba',
    500: '#248a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248a9d;
$custom-light: #73acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.421,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58571,
    "c": 0.0929,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248A9D

secondary

#C06D5D

accent

#5C42E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #248A9D

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

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