#248B9D#248B9D

#248B9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.093 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#248B9D
RGBrgb(36, 139, 157)
HSLhsl(189, 63%, 38%)
HSVhsv(189, 77%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(77.1%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(53.25, -22.15, -17.81)
CIE-LCHlch(53.25, 28.42, 218.80°)
OKLaboklab(58.82% -0.0787 -0.0496)
OKLCHoklch(58.82% 0.093 212.3)
XYZxyz(16.0434, 21.2727, 35.1522)
Luminance0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#248B9D #9D3624
analogous
#249D73 #248B9D #244E9D
triadic
#248B9D #9D248B #8B9D24
tetradic
#248B9D #73249D #9D3624 #4E9D24
square
#248B9D #73249D #9D3624 #4E9D24
split-complementary
#248B9D #9D244E #9D7324
monochromatic
#0D3339 #195F6B #248B9D #2FB7CF #61C9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00
#248B9D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25
#248B9D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248B9D
5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##248B9D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##248B9D1.004.005.255.25
#FFFFFF4.001.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2521.001.001.00
##0000005.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7D869E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6D7A9D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009291
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #248b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.093 212.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adba',
    500: '#248b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #248b9d;
$custom-light: #73adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#248b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.926,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58824,
    "c": 0.09301,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#248B9D
secondary
#C06C5D
accent
#5A42E6
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EEF4F6
border
#C9CED0
text
#091011
muted
#7B7F80

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#248B9D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva