#248F8B#248F8B

#248F8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.093 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248F8B
RGB	rgb(36, 143, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 2.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, -29.86, -6.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 30.54, 192.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% -0.0908 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.093 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2080, 21.8822, 27.8433)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248F8B #8F2428

analogous

#248F55 #248F8B #245D8F

triadic

#248F8B #8B248F #8F8B24

tetradic

#248F8B #55248F #8F2428 #5D8F24

square

#248F8B #55248F #8F2428 #5D8F24

split-complementary

#248F8B #8F245D #8F5524

monochromatic

#0B2D2C #185E5B #248F8B #30C0BB #58D5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#248F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#248F8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248F8B

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248F8B	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 143, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.093 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0ac',
    500: '#248f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248f8b;
$custom-light: #71b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.757,
    "s": 59.777,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59152,
    "c": 0.09258,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248F8B

secondary

#B95559

accent

#454BE3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248F8B

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

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