#248B88#248B88

#248B88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.090 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248B88
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 136)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.53, -28.81, -6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.53, 29.59, 193.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58% -0.088 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.09 192)
XYZ	xyz(14.4021, 20.6162, 26.5081)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248B88 #8B2427

analogous

#248B54 #248B88 #245B8B

triadic

#248B88 #88248B #8B8824

tetradic

#248B88 #54248B #8B2427 #5B8B24

square

#248B88 #54248B #8B2427 #5B8B24

split-complementary

#248B88 #8B245B #8B5424

monochromatic

#0B2A29 #175A58 #248B88 #31BCB8 #56D3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#248B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#248B88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248B88

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248B88	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)

#828488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.090 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adaa',
    500: '#248b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248b88;
$custom-light: #71adaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.252,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58003,
    "c": 0.09003,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.20618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248B88

secondary

#B75356

accent

#464AE2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248B88

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

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