#249A8F#249A8F

#249A8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.101 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249A8F
RGB	rgb(36, 154, 143)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(174, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 7.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, -33.91, -3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 34.07, 185.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.1003 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.101 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2387, 25.4673, 29.9884)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249A8F #9A242F

analogous

#249A54 #249A8F #246A9A

triadic

#249A8F #8F249A #9A8F24

tetradic

#249A8F #54249A #9A242F #6A9A24

square

#249A8F #54249A #9A242F #6A9A24

split-complementary

#249A8F #9A246A #9A5424

monochromatic

#0D3733 #186861 #249A8F #30CCBD #5FDACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#249A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#249A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249A8F

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249A8F	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)

#92918F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 154, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.101 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8af',
    500: '#249a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249a8f;
$custom-light: #74b8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.407,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62144,
    "c": 0.10076,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249A8F

secondary

#BF5B65

accent

#4352E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #249A8F

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

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