#249A96#249A96

#249A96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.099 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249A96
RGB	rgb(36, 154, 150)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, -31.85, -7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 32.62, 192.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.097 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.099 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7856, 25.6861, 32.8688)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249A96 #9A2428

analogous

#249A5B #249A96 #24639A

triadic

#249A96 #96249A #9A9624

tetradic

#249A96 #5B249A #9A2428 #639A24

square

#249A96 #5B249A #9A2428 #639A24

split-complementary

#249A96 #9A2463 #9A5B24

monochromatic

#0D3735 #186866 #249A96 #30CCC6 #5FDAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#249A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#249A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249A96

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249A96	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 154, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.099 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8b4',
    500: '#249a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249a96;
$custom-light: #74b8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.966,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62384,
    "c": 0.099,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249A96

secondary

#BF5B5F

accent

#4348E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #249A96

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

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