#248C8F#248C8F

#248C8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.090 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248C8F
RGB	rgb(36, 140, 143)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, -27.16, -9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 28.93, 200.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% -0.0858 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.09 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0613, 21.1126, 29.2626)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248C8F #8F2724

analogous

#248F5C #248C8F #24578F

triadic

#248C8F #8F248C #8C8F24

tetradic

#248C8F #5C248F #8F2724 #578F24

square

#248C8F #5C248F #8F2724 #578F24

split-complementary

#248C8F #8F2457 #8F5C24

monochromatic

#0B2C2D #185C5E #248C8F #30BCC0 #58D2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#248C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#248C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248C8F

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248C8F	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	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)

#82858F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 140, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.090 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeaf',
    500: '#248c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248c8f;
$custom-light: #71aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.682,
    "s": 59.777,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58521,
    "c": 0.09021,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248C8F

secondary

#B95855

accent

#4945E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248C8F

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

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