#248B8A#248B8A

#248B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.090 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248B8A
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(179, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, -28.20, -7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 29.26, 195.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% -0.0871 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.09 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.5455, 20.6735, 27.2636)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248B8A #8B2425

analogous

#248B56 #248B8A #24598B

triadic

#248B8A #8A248B #8B8A24

tetradic

#248B8A #56248B #8B2425 #598B24

square

#248B8A #56248B #8B2425 #598B24

split-complementary

#248B8A #8B2459 #8B5624

monochromatic

#0B2A29 #175A5A #248B8A #31BCBA #56D3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#248B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#248B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248B8A

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248B8A	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)

#82848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.090 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adac',
    500: '#248b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248b8a;
$custom-light: #71adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.417,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58076,
    "c": 0.08978,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.20675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248B8A

secondary

#B75354

accent

#4647E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248B8A

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

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