#248D8F#248D8F

#248D8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.091 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248D8F
RGB	rgb(36, 141, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, -27.65, -9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 29.24, 198.96°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% -0.0869 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.091 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.2081, 21.4062, 29.3116)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248D8F #8F2624

analogous

#248F5B #248D8F #24588F

triadic

#248D8F #8F248D #8D8F24

tetradic

#248D8F #5B248F #8F2624 #588F24

square

#248D8F #5B248F #8F2624 #588F24

split-complementary

#248D8F #8F2458 #8F5B24

monochromatic

#0B2D2D #185D5E #248D8F #30BDC0 #58D3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#248D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#248D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248D8F

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248D8F	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)

#83868F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 141, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.091 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afaf',
    500: '#248d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248d8f;
$custom-light: #72afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.121,
    "s": 59.777,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58779,
    "c": 0.09081,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248D8F

secondary

#B95755

accent

#4845E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248D8F

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

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