#248B59#248B59

#248B59 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.121 H 157.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248B59
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(151, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(151, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, -41.08, 18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 45.10, 155.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% -0.1112 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.121 157.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7622, 19.5602, 12.6049)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248B59 #8B2456

analogous

#248B26 #248B59 #248A8B

triadic

#248B59 #59248B #8B5924

tetradic

#248B59 #26248B #8B2456 #8A8B24

square

#248B59 #26248B #8B2456 #8A8B24

split-complementary

#248B59 #8B248A #8B2624

monochromatic

#0B2A1B #175A3A #248B59 #31BC78 #56D397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#248B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#248B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248B59

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248B59	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.121 157.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae88',
    500: '#248b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248b59;
$custom-light: #6eae88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.874,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56635,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 157.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248B59

secondary

#B75384

accent

#4692E2

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #248B59

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

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