#248B8D#248B8D

#248B8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.090 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248B8D
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, -27.28, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 28.85, 199.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% -0.0857 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.09 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7657, 20.7616, 28.4233)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248B8D #8D2624

analogous

#248D5B #248B8D #24578D

triadic

#248B8D #8D248B #8B8D24

tetradic

#248B8D #5B248D #8D2624 #578D24

square

#248B8D #5B248D #8D2624 #578D24

split-complementary

#248B8D #8D2457 #8D5B24

monochromatic

#0B2B2B #185B5C #248B8D #30BBBE #57D2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#248B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#248B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248B8D

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248B8D	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.090 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adae',
    500: '#248b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248b8d;
$custom-light: #71adae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58187,
    "c": 0.08961,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248B8D

secondary

#B85654

accent

#4845E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248B8D

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

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