#249A8E#249A8E

#249A8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.101 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249A8E
RGB	rgb(36, 154, 142)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(174, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 7.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, -34.19, -2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 34.31, 184.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.1008 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.101 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1633, 25.4372, 29.5912)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249A8E #9A2430

analogous

#249A53 #249A8E #246B9A

triadic

#249A8E #8E249A #9A8E24

tetradic

#249A8E #53249A #9A2430 #6B9A24

square

#249A8E #53249A #9A2430 #6B9A24

split-complementary

#249A8E #9A246B #9A5324

monochromatic

#0D3733 #186860 #249A8E #30CCBC #5FDACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#249A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#249A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249A8E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249A8E	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82858F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 154, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.101 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b8af',
    500: '#249a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249a8e;
$custom-light: #73b8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.898,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6211,
    "c": 0.10111,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249A8E

secondary

#BF5B65

accent

#4353E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #249A8E

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

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