#249A8B#249A8B

#249A8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.102 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249A8B
RGB	rgb(36, 154, 139)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 9.7%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, -35.05, -1.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 35.07, 182.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.1022 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.102 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9411, 25.3483, 28.4209)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249A8B #9A2433

analogous

#249A50 #249A8B #246E9A

triadic

#249A8B #8B249A #9A8B24

tetradic

#249A8B #50249A #9A2433 #6E9A24

square

#249A8B #50249A #9A2433 #6E9A24

split-complementary

#249A8B #9A246E #9A5024

monochromatic

#0D3731 #18685E #249A8B #30CCB8 #5FDACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#249A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#249A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249A8B

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249A8B	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 154, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.102 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b8ac',
    500: '#249a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249a8b;
$custom-light: #73b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.373,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62012,
    "c": 0.10229,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249A8B

secondary

#BF5B68

accent

#4357E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #249A8B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →