#248B9E#248B9E

#248B9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.093 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248B9E
RGB	rgb(36, 139, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 12%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, -21.82, -18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 28.50, 220.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% -0.0782 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.093 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.1291, 21.3070, 35.6037)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248B9E #9E3724

analogous

#249E74 #248B9E #244E9E

triadic

#248B9E #9E248B #8B9E24

tetradic

#248B9E #74249E #9E3724 #4E9E24

square

#248B9E #74249E #9E3724 #4E9E24

split-complementary

#248B9E #9E244E #9E7424

monochromatic

#0D333A #195F6C #248B9E #2FB7D0 #61C8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#248B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#248B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248B9E

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248B9E	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 139, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.093 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adba',
    500: '#248b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248b9e;
$custom-light: #73adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.344,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58867,
    "c": 0.09345,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248B9E

secondary

#C06D5E

accent

#5B42E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #248B9E

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

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