#248E8D#248E8D

#248E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.092 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248E8D
RGB	rgb(36, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, -28.76, -7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 29.84, 195.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% -0.0888 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.092 194)
XYZ	xyz(15.2061, 21.6423, 28.5701)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248E8D #8E2425

analogous

#248E58 #248E8D #245A8E

triadic

#248E8D #8D248E #8E8D24

tetradic

#248E8D #58248E #8E2425 #5A8E24

square

#248E8D #58248E #8E2425 #5A8E24

split-complementary

#248E8D #8E245A #8E5824

monochromatic

#0B2C2C #185D5D #248E8D #30BFBD #58D5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#248E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#248E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248E8D

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248E8D	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.092 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afae',
    500: '#248e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248e8d;
$custom-light: #72afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.434,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58964,
    "c": 0.09157,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.21644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248E8D

secondary

#B95556

accent

#4547E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248E8D

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

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