#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
RGB	rgb(36, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, -27.47, -9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 29.05, 198.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% -0.0863 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.09 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9859, 21.0824, 28.8654)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##248C8E	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #248C8E

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

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