#248C8B#248C8B

#248C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.090 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248C8B
RGB	rgb(36, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, -28.39, -7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 29.46, 195.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% -0.0877 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.09 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.7637, 20.9935, 27.6951)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248C8B #8C2425

analogous

#248C57 #248C8B #24598C

triadic

#248C8B #8B248C #8C8B24

tetradic

#248C8B #57248C #8C2425 #598C24

square

#248C8B #57248C #8C2425 #598C24

split-complementary

#248C8B #8C2459 #8C5724

monochromatic

#0B2B2A #175B5B #248C8B #31BDBB #57D4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#248C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#248C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248C8B

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248C8B	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.090 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeac',
    500: '#248c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248c8b;
$custom-light: #71aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.423,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58372,
    "c": 0.09038,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.20995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248C8B

secondary

#B85455

accent

#4647E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248C8B

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

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