#248E8E#248E8E

#248E8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.091 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248E8E
RGB	rgb(36, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, -28.46, -8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 29.70, 196.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59% -0.0884 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.091 195)
XYZ	xyz(15.2808, 21.6722, 28.9637)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248E8E #8E2424

analogous

#248E59 #248E8E #24598E

triadic

#248E8E #8E248E #8E8E24

tetradic

#248E8E #59248E #8E2424 #598E24

square

#248E8E #59248E #8E2424 #598E24

split-complementary

#248E8E #8E2459 #8E5924

monochromatic

#0B2C2C #185D5D #248E8E #30BFBF #58D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#248E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#248E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248E8E

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248E8E	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)

#84878E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.091 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afaf',
    500: '#248e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248e8e;
$custom-light: #72afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59001,
    "c": 0.09149,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.21674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248E8E

secondary

#B95555

accent

#4545E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248E8E

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

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