#248E9F#248E9F

#248E9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.094 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248E9F
RGB	rgb(36, 142, 159)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 10.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, -23.05, -17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 28.89, 217.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% -0.0808 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.094 211)
XYZ	xyz(16.6558, 22.2222, 36.2057)
Luminance	0.2222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248E9F #9F3524

analogous

#249F72 #248E9F #24509F

triadic

#248E9F #9F248E #8E9F24

tetradic

#248E9F #72249F #9F3524 #509F24

square

#248E9F #72249F #9F3524 #509F24

split-complementary

#248E9F #9F2450 #9F7224

monochromatic

#0D353B #19616D #248E9F #30BAD0 #62CBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#248E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#248E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248E9F

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248E9F	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8089A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 142, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.094 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afbb',
    500: '#248e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248e9f;
$custom-light: #74afbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.293,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59668,
    "c": 0.09428,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.22224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248E9F

secondary

#C16C5E

accent

#5842E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #248E9F

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

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