#249A9F#249A9F

#249A9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.098 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249A9F
RGB	rgb(36, 154, 159)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 3.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -29.11, -11.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 31.38, 201.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% -0.0929 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.098 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5383, 25.9872, 36.8331)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249A9F #9F2924

analogous

#249F66 #249A9F #245C9F

triadic

#249A9F #9F249A #9A9F24

tetradic

#249A9F #66249F #9F2924 #5C9F24

square

#249A9F #66249F #9F2924 #5C9F24

split-complementary

#249A9F #9F245C #9F6624

monochromatic

#0D393B #196A6D #249A9F #30CAD0 #62D7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#249A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#249A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249A9F

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249A9F	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E93A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D86A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 154, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.098 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8bb',
    500: '#249a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249a9f;
$custom-light: #75b8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.439,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62713,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249A9F

secondary

#C1625E

accent

#4842E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #249A9F

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

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