#248E8A#248E8A

#248E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.092 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248E8A
RGB	rgb(36, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, -29.67, -6.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 30.35, 192.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% -0.0902 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.092 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9859, 21.5542, 27.4104)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248E8A #8E2428

analogous

#248E55 #248E8A #245D8E

triadic

#248E8A #8A248E #8E8A24

tetradic

#248E8A #55248E #8E2428 #5D8E24

square

#248E8A #55248E #8E2428 #5D8E24

split-complementary

#248E8A #8E245D #8E5524

monochromatic

#0B2C2B #185D5B #248E8A #30BFB9 #58D5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#248E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#248E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248E8A

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248E8A	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.092 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afac',
    500: '#248e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248e8a;
$custom-light: #71afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.736,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58856,
    "c": 0.09198,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248E8A

secondary

#B95559

accent

#454BE3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248E8A

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

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