#248B85#248B85

#248B85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.091 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248B85
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 133)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, -29.71, -5.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 30.15, 189.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% -0.0895 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.091 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.1918, 20.5321, 25.4009)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248B85 #8B242A

analogous

#248B52 #248B85 #245E8B

triadic

#248B85 #85248B #8B8524

tetradic

#248B85 #52248B #8B242A #5E8B24

square

#248B85 #52248B #8B242A #5E8B24

split-complementary

#248B85 #8B245E #8B5224

monochromatic

#0B2A28 #175A56 #248B85 #31BCB4 #56D3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#248B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#248B85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248B85

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248B85	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.091 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada8',
    500: '#248b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248b85;
$custom-light: #70ada8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.505,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57896,
    "c": 0.09061,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248B85

secondary

#B75359

accent

#464FE2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248B85

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

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