#248B9C#248B9C

#248B9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.093 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248B9C
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 156)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, -22.48, -17.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 28.36, 217.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% -0.0791 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.093 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.9583, 21.2387, 34.7044)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248B9C #9C3524

analogous

#249C71 #248B9C #244F9C

triadic

#248B9C #9C248B #8B9C24

tetradic

#248B9C #71249C #9C3524 #4F9C24

square

#248B9C #71249C #9C3524 #4F9C24

split-complementary

#248B9C #9C244F #9C7124

monochromatic

#0D3239 #195F6A #248B9C #2FB7CE #60C9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#248B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#248B9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248B9C

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248B9C	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.093 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adb9',
    500: '#248b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248b9c;
$custom-light: #73adb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58782,
    "c": 0.0926,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248B9C

secondary

#BF6A5C

accent

#5942E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #248B9C

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

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