#248E9D#248E9D

#248E9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.094 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248E9D
RGB	rgb(36, 142, 157)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, -23.71, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 28.82, 214.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% -0.0817 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.094 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4837, 22.1534, 35.2990)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248E9D #9D3324

analogous

#249D6F #248E9D #24519D

triadic

#248E9D #9D248E #8E9D24

tetradic

#248E9D #6F249D #9D3324 #519D24

square

#248E9D #6F249D #9D3324 #519D24

split-complementary

#248E9D #9D2451 #9D6F24

monochromatic

#0D3439 #19616B #248E9D #2FBBCF #61CCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#248E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#248E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248E9D

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248E9D	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 142, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.094 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afba',
    500: '#248e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248e9d;
$custom-light: #73afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.438,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59585,
    "c": 0.09356,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248E9D

secondary

#C0695D

accent

#5642E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #248E9D

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

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