#248E79#248E79

#248E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.099 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248E79
RGB	rgb(36, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, -34.55, 2.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 34.66, 175.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% -0.0984 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.099 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.8500, 21.0999, 21.4282)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248E79 #8E2439

analogous

#248E44 #248E79 #246E8E

triadic

#248E79 #79248E #8E7924

tetradic

#248E79 #44248E #8E2439 #6E8E24

square

#248E79 #44248E #8E2439 #6E8E24

split-complementary

#248E79 #8E246E #8E4424

monochromatic

#0B2C26 #185D4F #248E79 #30BFA3 #58D5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#248E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#248E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248E79

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248E79	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.099 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b09f',
    500: '#248e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248e79;
$custom-light: #70b09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.113,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58292,
    "c": 0.09868,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248E79

secondary

#B95569

accent

#4564E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #248E79

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

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