#248C9C#248C9C

#248C9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.093 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248C9C
RGB	rgb(36, 140, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 10.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -23.00, -16.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 28.49, 216.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% -0.0801 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.093 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1038, 21.5296, 34.7529)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248C9C #9C3424

analogous

#249C70 #248C9C #24509C

triadic

#248C9C #9C248C #8C9C24

tetradic

#248C9C #70249C #9C3424 #509C24

square

#248C9C #70249C #9C3424 #509C24

split-complementary

#248C9C #9C2450 #9C7024

monochromatic

#0D3339 #195F6A #248C9C #2FB9CE #60CADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#248C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#248C9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248C9C

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248C9C	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 140, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.093 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeb9',
    500: '#248c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248c9c;
$custom-light: #73aeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59036,
    "c": 0.09277,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248C9C

secondary

#BF6A5C

accent

#5842E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #248C9C

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

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