#249496#249496

#249496 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.095 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249496
RGB	rgb(36, 148, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 1.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -28.95, -9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 30.58, 198.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.84% -0.0909 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(60.84% 0.095 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8200, 23.7548, 32.5469)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249496 #962624

analogous

#24965F #249496 #245B96

triadic

#249496 #962494 #949624

tetradic

#249496 #5F2496 #962624 #5B9624

square

#249496 #5F2496 #962624 #5B9624

split-complementary

#249496 #96245B #965F24

monochromatic

#0C3333 #186365 #249496 #30C5C7 #5CD6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#249496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#249496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249496

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249496	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 148, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.095 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b4b4',
    500: '#249496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249496;
$custom-light: #73b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.053,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60843,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249496

secondary

#BD5B59

accent

#4643E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #249496

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

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