#249A9B#249A9B

#249A9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.098 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249A9B
RGB	rgb(36, 154, 155)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -30.34, -9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 31.83, 197.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.0947 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.098 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1968, 25.8506, 35.0346)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249A9B #9B2524

analogous

#249B60 #249A9B #245F9B

triadic

#249A9B #9B249A #9A9B24

tetradic

#249A9B #60249B #9B2524 #5F9B24

square

#249A9B #60249B #9B2524 #5F9B24

split-complementary

#249A9B #9B245F #9B6024

monochromatic

#0D3738 #186969 #249A9B #30CBCD #5FD9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#249A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#249A9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249A9B

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249A9B	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 154, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.098 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8b8',
    500: '#249a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249a9b;
$custom-light: #75b8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.504,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62564,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249A9B

secondary

#BF5D5C

accent

#4442E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #249A9B

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

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