#248B87#248B87

#248B87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.090 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248B87
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 135)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, -29.11, -6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 29.77, 192.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% -0.0885 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.09 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.3313, 20.5879, 26.1355)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248B87 #8B2428

analogous

#248B54 #248B87 #245C8B

triadic

#248B87 #87248B #8B8724

tetradic

#248B87 #54248B #8B2428 #5C8B24

square

#248B87 #54248B #8B2428 #5C8B24

split-complementary

#248B87 #8B245C #8B5424

monochromatic

#0B2A29 #175A58 #248B87 #31BCB6 #56D3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#248B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#248B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248B87

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248B87	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.090 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada9',
    500: '#248b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248b87;
$custom-light: #70ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.67,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57967,
    "c": 0.0902,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248B87

secondary

#B75357

accent

#464CE2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248B87

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

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