#248D9C#248D9C

#248D9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.093 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248D9C
RGB	rgb(36, 141, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -23.52, -16.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 28.63, 214.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% -0.0811 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.093 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2506, 21.8231, 34.8019)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248D9C #9C3324

analogous

#249C6F #248D9C #24519C

triadic

#248D9C #9C248D #8D9C24

tetradic

#248D9C #6F249C #9C3324 #519C24

square

#248D9C #6F249C #9C3324 #519C24

split-complementary

#248D9C #9C2451 #9C6F24

monochromatic

#0D3339 #19606A #248D9C #2FBACE #60CBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#248D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#248D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248D9C

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248D9C	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 141, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.093 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeb9',
    500: '#248d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248d9c;
$custom-light: #73aeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5929,
    "c": 0.09299,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248D9C

secondary

#BF695C

accent

#5742E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #248D9C

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

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