#248B86#248B86

#248B86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.090 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248B86
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 134)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, -29.41, -5.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 29.95, 190.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% -0.089 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.09 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2612, 20.5598, 25.7665)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248B86 #8B2429

analogous

#248B53 #248B86 #245D8B

triadic

#248B86 #86248B #8B8624

tetradic

#248B86 #53248B #8B2429 #5D8B24

square

#248B86 #53248B #8B2429 #5D8B24

split-complementary

#248B86 #8B245D #8B5324

monochromatic

#0B2A28 #175A57 #248B86 #31BCB5 #56D3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#248B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#248B86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248B86

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248B86	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)

#838386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.090 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada9',
    500: '#248b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248b86;
$custom-light: #70ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.087,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57931,
    "c": 0.09039,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248B86

secondary

#B75358

accent

#464DE2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248B86

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

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