#248E88#248E88

#248E88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.092 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248E88
RGB	rgb(36, 142, 136)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 4.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, -30.27, -5.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 30.73, 189.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% -0.0912 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.092 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8424, 21.4969, 26.6548)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248E88 #8E242A

analogous

#248E53 #248E88 #245F8E

triadic

#248E88 #88248E #8E8824

tetradic

#248E88 #53248E #8E242A #5F8E24

square

#248E88 #53248E #8E242A #5F8E24

split-complementary

#248E88 #8E245F #8E5324

monochromatic

#0B2C2A #185D59 #248E88 #30BFB7 #58D5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#248E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#248E88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248E88

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248E88	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 142, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.092 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afaa',
    500: '#248e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248e88;
$custom-light: #71afaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.604,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58785,
    "c": 0.09241,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248E88

secondary

#B9555B

accent

#454EE3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248E88

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

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