#248D8E#248D8E

#248D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.091 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248D8E
RGB	rgb(36, 141, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -27.96, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 29.37, 197.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.0873 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.091 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1327, 21.3760, 28.9144)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248D8E #8E2524

analogous

#248E5A #248D8E #24588E

triadic

#248D8E #8E248D #8D8E24

tetradic

#248D8E #5A248E #8E2524 #588E24

square

#248D8E #5A248E #8E2524 #588E24

split-complementary

#248D8E #8E2458 #8E5A24

monochromatic

#0B2C2C #185D5D #248D8E #30BDBF #58D3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#248D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#248D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248D8E

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248D8E	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 141, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.091 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afaf',
    500: '#248d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248d8e;
$custom-light: #71afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.566,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58742,
    "c": 0.09084,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248D8E

secondary

#B95655

accent

#4745E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248D8E

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

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