#249A9E#249A9E

#249A9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.098 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249A9E
RGB	rgb(36, 154, 158)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 2.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, -29.42, -11.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 31.48, 200.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.0934 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.098 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4519, 25.9526, 36.3780)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249A9E #9E2824

analogous

#249E65 #249A9E #245D9E

triadic

#249A9E #9E249A #9A9E24

tetradic

#249A9E #65249E #9E2824 #5D9E24

square

#249A9E #65249E #9E2824 #5D9E24

split-complementary

#249A9E #9E245D #9E6524

monochromatic

#0D393A #19696C #249A9E #2FCAD0 #61D7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#249A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#249A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249A9E

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249A9E	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F939E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 154, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.098 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8ba',
    500: '#249a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249a9e;
$custom-light: #75b8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.967,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62675,
    "c": 0.09844,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249A9E

secondary

#C0615E

accent

#4742E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #249A9E

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

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