#249A99#249A99

#249A99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.099 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249A99
RGB	rgb(36, 154, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -30.95, -8.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 32.12, 195.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0956 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.099 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.0303, 25.7840, 34.1573)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249A99 #9A2425

analogous

#249A5E #249A99 #24609A

triadic

#249A99 #99249A #9A9924

tetradic

#249A99 #5E249A #9A2425 #609A24

square

#249A99 #5E249A #9A2425 #609A24

split-complementary

#249A99 #9A2460 #9A5E24

monochromatic

#0D3736 #186868 #249A99 #30CCCA #5FDAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#249A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#249A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249A99

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249A99	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F869A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 154, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.099 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8b7',
    500: '#249a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249a99;
$custom-light: #74b8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.492,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62491,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249A99

secondary

#BF5B5C

accent

#4344E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #249A99

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

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