#248F9D#248F9D

#248F9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.094 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248F9D
RGB	rgb(36, 143, 157)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.50, -24.22, -15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.50, 28.97, 213.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.0827 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.094 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6332, 22.4523, 35.3488)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248F9D #9D3224

analogous

#249D6E #248F9D #24539D

triadic

#248F9D #9D248F #8F9D24

tetradic

#248F9D #6E249D #9D3224 #539D24

square

#248F9D #6E249D #9D3224 #539D24

split-complementary

#248F9D #9D2453 #9D6E24

monochromatic

#0D3439 #19626B #248F9D #2FBCCF #61CDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#248F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#248F9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248F9D

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248F9D	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 143, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.094 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b0ba',
    500: '#248f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248f9d;
$custom-light: #73b0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.942,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59839,
    "c": 0.0938,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248F9D

secondary

#C0685D

accent

#5542E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #248F9D

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

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