#248E81#248E81

#248E81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.095 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248E81
RGB	rgb(36, 142, 129)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 9.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, -32.32, -1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 32.35, 182.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% -0.0945 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.095 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.3611, 21.3043, 24.1199)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248E81 #8E2431

analogous

#248E4C #248E81 #24668E

triadic

#248E81 #81248E #8E8124

tetradic

#248E81 #4C248E #8E2431 #668E24

square

#248E81 #4C248E #8E2431 #668E24

split-complementary

#248E81 #8E2466 #8E4C24

monochromatic

#0B2C28 #185D55 #248E81 #30BFAD #58D5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#248E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#248E81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248E81

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248E81	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787B82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 142, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.095 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa5',
    500: '#248e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248e81;
$custom-light: #70afa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.642,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58547,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248E81

secondary

#B95561

accent

#4558E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248E81

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

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