#248C8A#248C8A

#248C8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.090 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248C8A
RGB	rgb(36, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, -28.70, -7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 29.61, 194.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% -0.0882 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.09 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.6910, 20.9645, 27.3121)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248C8A #8C2426

analogous

#248C56 #248C8A #245A8C

triadic

#248C8A #8A248C #8C8A24

tetradic

#248C8A #56248C #8C2426 #5A8C24

square

#248C8A #56248C #8C2426 #5A8C24

split-complementary

#248C8A #8C245A #8C5624

monochromatic

#0B2B2A #175B5A #248C8A #31BDBA #57D4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#248C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#248C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248C8A

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248C8A	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.090 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeac',
    500: '#248c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248c8a;
$custom-light: #71aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.846,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58336,
    "c": 0.09049,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.20966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248C8A

secondary

#B85456

accent

#4649E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248C8A

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

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