#248B7E#248B7E

#248B7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.093 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248B7E
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 126)
HSL	hsl(172, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(172, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 9.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, -31.76, -1.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 31.79, 182.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% -0.0928 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.093 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.7242, 20.3450, 22.9383)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248B7E #8B2431

analogous

#248B4B #248B7E #24658B

triadic

#248B7E #7E248B #8B7E24

tetradic

#248B7E #4B248B #8B2431 #658B24

square

#248B7E #4B248B #8B2431 #658B24

split-complementary

#248B7E #8B2465 #8B4B24

monochromatic

#0B2A26 #175A52 #248B7E #31BCAA #56D3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#248B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#248B7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248B7E

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248B7E	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84837E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.093 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada3',
    500: '#248b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248b7e;
$custom-light: #70ada3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.427,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57657,
    "c": 0.09292,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248B7E

secondary

#B75360

accent

#4659E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248B7E

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

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