#248C8E#248C8E

#248C8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.090 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#248C8E
RGBrgb(36, 140, 142)
HSLhsl(181, 60%, 35%)
HSVhsv(181, 75%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(74.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(53.04, -27.47, -9.45)
CIE-LCHlch(53.04, 29.05, 198.98°)
OKLaboklab(58.48% -0.0863 -0.0262)
OKLCHoklch(58.48% 0.09 196.9)
XYZxyz(14.9859, 21.0824, 28.8654)
Luminance0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#248C8E #8E2624
analogous
#248E5B #248C8E #24578E
triadic
#248C8E #8E248C #8C8E24
tetradic
#248C8E #5B248E #8E2624 #578E24
square
#248C8E #5B248E #8E2624 #578E24
split-complementary
#248C8E #8E2457 #8E5B24
monochromatic
#0B2C2C #185C5D #248C8E #30BCBF #58D2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03
#248C8E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22
#248C8E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248C8E
5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##248C8E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##248C8E1.004.035.225.22
#FFFFFF4.031.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2221.001.001.00
##0000005.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#82858E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#737A8F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00918C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #248c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.090 196.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeaf',
    500: '#248c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #248c8e;
$custom-light: #71aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#248c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.132,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58483,
    "c": 0.09021,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#248C8E
secondary
#B95755
accent
#4845E3
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#091010
muted
#7B7F7F

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#248C8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva