#249A9D#249A9D

#249A9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.098 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249A9D
RGB	rgb(36, 154, 157)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 1.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -29.72, -10.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 31.59, 199.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.0938 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.098 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3662, 25.9183, 35.9265)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249A9D #9D2724

analogous

#249D64 #249A9D #245D9D

triadic

#249A9D #9D249A #9A9D24

tetradic

#249A9D #64249D #9D2724 #5D9D24

square

#249A9D #64249D #9D2724 #5D9D24

split-complementary

#249A9D #9D245D #9D6424

monochromatic

#0D3839 #19696B #249A9D #2FCBCF #61D8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#249A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#249A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249A9D

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249A9D	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 154, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.098 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8b9',
    500: '#249a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249a9d;
$custom-light: #75b8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.488,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62638,
    "c": 0.09842,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249A9D

secondary

#C05F5D

accent

#4642E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #249A9D

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

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