#248D9F#248D9F

#248D9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.094 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248D9F
RGB	rgb(36, 141, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, -22.53, -17.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 28.78, 218.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% -0.0798 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.094 212)
XYZ	xyz(16.5077, 21.9260, 36.1563)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248D9F #9F3624

analogous

#249F73 #248D9F #24509F

triadic

#248D9F #9F248D #8D9F24

tetradic

#248D9F #73249F #9F3624 #509F24

square

#248D9F #73249F #9F3624 #509F24

split-complementary

#248D9F #9F2450 #9F7324

monochromatic

#0D343B #19616D #248D9F #30B9D0 #62CADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#248D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#248D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248D9F

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248D9F	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F88A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 141, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.094 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aebb',
    500: '#248d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248d9f;
$custom-light: #74aebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.78,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59415,
    "c": 0.09413,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.21928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248D9F

secondary

#C16D5E

accent

#5A42E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #248D9F

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

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