#248C79#248C79

#248C79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.096 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248C79
RGB	rgb(36, 140, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 13.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, -33.64, 1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 33.68, 176.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% -0.0963 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.096 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5551, 20.5101, 21.3299)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248C79 #8C2437

analogous

#248C45 #248C79 #246B8C

triadic

#248C79 #79248C #8C7924

tetradic

#248C79 #45248C #8C2437 #6B8C24

square

#248C79 #45248C #8C2437 #6B8C24

split-complementary

#248C79 #8C246B #8C4524

monochromatic

#0B2B25 #175B4F #248C79 #31BDA3 #57D4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#248C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#248C79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248C79

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248C79	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78797A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 140, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.096 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ae9f',
    500: '#248c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248c79;
$custom-light: #70ae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.038,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57761,
    "c": 0.09642,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248C79

secondary

#B85466

accent

#4662E2

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #248C79

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

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