#248B89#248B89

#248B89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.090 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248B89
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 137)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(179, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, -28.51, -7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 29.42, 194.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% -0.0876 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.09 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.4734, 20.6447, 26.8841)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248B89 #8B2426

analogous

#248B56 #248B89 #245A8B

triadic

#248B89 #89248B #8B8924

tetradic

#248B89 #56248B #8B2426 #5A8B24

square

#248B89 #56248B #8B2426 #5A8B24

split-complementary

#248B89 #8B245A #8B5624

monochromatic

#0B2A29 #175A59 #248B89 #31BCB9 #56D3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#248B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#248B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248B89

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248B89	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.090 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adab',
    500: '#248b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248b89;
$custom-light: #71adab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.835,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58039,
    "c": 0.08989,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.20646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248B89

secondary

#B75355

accent

#4649E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248B89

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

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