#248B5E#248B5E

#248B5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.116 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248B5E
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 94)
HSL	hsl(154, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(154, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 32.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.44, -39.98, 15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.44, 43.04, 158.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% -0.1088 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.116 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9793, 19.6471, 13.7484)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248B5E #8B2451

analogous

#248B2A #248B5E #24858B

triadic

#248B5E #5E248B #8B5E24

tetradic

#248B5E #2A248B #8B2451 #858B24

square

#248B5E #2A248B #8B2451 #858B24

split-complementary

#248B5E #8B2485 #8B2A24

monochromatic

#0B2A1C #175A3D #248B5E #31BC7F #56D39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#248B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#248B5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248B5E

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248B5E	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89805B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.116 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae8c',
    500: '#248b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248b5e;
$custom-light: #6eae8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.786,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5675,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248B5E

secondary

#B7537F

accent

#468AE2

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #248B5E

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

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