#248B9A#248B9A

#248B9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.092 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248B9A
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 154)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 9.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, -23.14, -16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 28.27, 215.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% -0.0799 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.092 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7904, 21.1715, 33.8199)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248B9A #9A3324

analogous

#249A6E #248B9A #24509A

triadic

#248B9A #9A248B #8B9A24

tetradic

#248B9A #6E249A #9A3324 #509A24

square

#248B9A #6E249A #9A3324 #509A24

split-complementary

#248B9A #9A2450 #9A6E24

monochromatic

#0D3137 #185E68 #248B9A #30B8CC #5FCADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#248B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#248B9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248B9A

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248B9A	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.092 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adb7',
    500: '#248b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248b9a;
$custom-light: #73adb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.627,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58699,
    "c": 0.09184,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248B9A

secondary

#BF685B

accent

#5743E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #248B9A

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

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