#248E8B#248E8B

#248E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.092 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248E8B
RGB	rgb(36, 142, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, -29.37, -6.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 30.17, 193.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% -0.0898 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.092 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0586, 21.5833, 27.7934)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248E8B #8E2427

analogous

#248E56 #248E8B #245C8E

triadic

#248E8B #8B248E #8E8B24

tetradic

#248E8B #56248E #8E2427 #5C8E24

square

#248E8B #56248E #8E2427 #5C8E24

split-complementary

#248E8B #8E245C #8E5624

monochromatic

#0B2C2B #185D5B #248E8B #30BFBB #58D5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#248E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#248E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248E8B

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248E8B	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 142, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.092 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afac',
    500: '#248e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248e8b;
$custom-light: #71afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.302,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58892,
    "c": 0.09183,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248E8B

secondary

#B95558

accent

#454AE3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248E8B

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

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