#248E9C#248E9C

#248E9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.093 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248E9C
RGB	rgb(36, 142, 156)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, -24.03, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 28.79, 213.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0821 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.093 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3987, 22.1194, 34.8512)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248E9C #9C3224

analogous

#249C6E #248E9C #24529C

triadic

#248E9C #9C248E #8E9C24

tetradic

#248E9C #6E249C #9C3224 #529C24

square

#248E9C #6E249C #9C3224 #529C24

split-complementary

#248E9C #9C2452 #9C6E24

monochromatic

#0D3339 #19616A #248E9C #2FBBCE #60CCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#248E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#248E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248E9C

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248E9C	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 142, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.093 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afb9',
    500: '#248e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248e9c;
$custom-light: #73afb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59544,
    "c": 0.09323,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248E9C

secondary

#BF685C

accent

#5542E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #248E9C

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

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