#248C8D#248C8D

#248C8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.090 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248C8D
RGB	rgb(36, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, -27.78, -8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 29.17, 197.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% -0.0868 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.09 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9112, 21.0525, 28.4718)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248C8D #8D2524

analogous

#248D59 #248C8D #24588D

triadic

#248C8D #8D248C #8C8D24

tetradic

#248C8D #59248D #8D2524 #588D24

square

#248C8D #59248D #8D2524 #588D24

split-complementary

#248C8D #8D2458 #8D5924

monochromatic

#0B2B2B #185C5C #248C8D #30BCBE #57D3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#248C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#248C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248C8D

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248C8D	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.090 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeae',
    500: '#248c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248c8d;
$custom-light: #71aeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58446,
    "c": 0.09024,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248C8D

secondary

#B85554

accent

#4745E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248C8D

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

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