#248C9E#248C9E

#248C9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.094 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248C9E
RGB	rgb(36, 140, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 11.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, -22.34, -17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 28.60, 218.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% -0.0792 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.094 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.2745, 21.5979, 35.6522)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248C9E #9E3624

analogous

#249E73 #248C9E #244F9E

triadic

#248C9E #9E248C #8C9E24

tetradic

#248C9E #73249E #9E3624 #4F9E24

square

#248C9E #73249E #9E3624 #4F9E24

split-complementary

#248C9E #9E244F #9E7324

monochromatic

#0D343A #19606C #248C9E #2FB8D0 #61C9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#248C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#248C9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248C9E

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248C9E	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 140, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.094 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeba',
    500: '#248c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248c9e;
$custom-light: #73aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.852,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5912,
    "c": 0.09358,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248C9E

secondary

#C06C5E

accent

#5A42E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #248C9E

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

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