#248B79#248B79

#248B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.095 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248B79
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(170, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(170, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, -33.17, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 33.20, 177.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% -0.0953 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.095 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.4097, 20.2192, 21.2814)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248B79 #8B2436

analogous

#248B46 #248B79 #246A8B

triadic

#248B79 #79248B #8B7924

tetradic

#248B79 #46248B #8B2436 #6A8B24

square

#248B79 #46248B #8B2436 #6A8B24

split-complementary

#248B79 #8B246A #8B4624

monochromatic

#0B2A24 #175A4F #248B79 #31BCA3 #56D3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#248B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#248B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248B79

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248B79	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77787A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.095 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad9f',
    500: '#248b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248b79;
$custom-light: #6fad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.515,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57495,
    "c": 0.09532,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248B79

secondary

#B75365

accent

#4661E2

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #248B79

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

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