#248F9F#248F9F

#248F9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.094 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248F9F
RGB	rgb(36, 143, 159)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 10.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, -23.57, -16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 29.03, 215.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% -0.0819 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.094 210)
XYZ	xyz(16.8053, 22.5211, 36.2555)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248F9F #9F3424

analogous

#249F71 #248F9F #24519F

triadic

#248F9F #9F248F #8F9F24

tetradic

#248F9F #71249F #9F3424 #519F24

square

#248F9F #71249F #9F3424 #519F24

split-complementary

#248F9F #9F2451 #9F7124

monochromatic

#0D353B #19626D #248F9F #30BBD0 #62CCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#248F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#248F9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248F9F

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248F9F	1.00	3.81	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 143, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.094 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b0bb',
    500: '#248f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248f9f;
$custom-light: #74b0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.805,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59921,
    "c": 0.09447,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.22523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248F9F

secondary

#C16B5E

accent

#5742E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #248F9F

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

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