#248D8D#248D8D

#248D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.091 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248D8D
RGB	rgb(36, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, -28.27, -8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 29.50, 196.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% -0.0878 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.091 195)
XYZ	xyz(15.0579, 21.3461, 28.5207)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248D8D #8D2424

analogous

#248D59 #248D8D #24598D

triadic

#248D8D #8D248D #8D8D24

tetradic

#248D8D #59248D #8D2424 #598D24

square

#248D8D #59248D #8D2424 #598D24

split-complementary

#248D8D #8D2459 #8D5924

monochromatic

#0B2B2B #185C5C #248D8D #30BEBE #57D4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#248D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#248D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248D8D

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248D8D	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.091 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afae',
    500: '#248d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248d8d;
$custom-light: #71afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58705,
    "c": 0.09089,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.21348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248D8D

secondary

#B85454

accent

#4545E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248D8D

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

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