#249AA6#249AA6

#249AA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.099 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249AA6
RGB	rgb(36, 154, 166)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 7.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -26.91, -15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 30.98, 209.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% -0.0898 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.099 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1630, 26.2371, 40.1233)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249AA6 #A63024

analogous

#24A671 #249AA6 #2459A6

triadic

#249AA6 #A6249A #9AA624

tetradic

#249AA6 #7124A6 #A63024 #59A624

square

#249AA6 #7124A6 #A63024 #59A624

split-complementary

#249AA6 #A62459 #A67124

monochromatic

#0E3D41 #196B74 #249AA6 #34C4D3 #66D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#249AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#249AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249AA6

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249AA6	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D93A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B87A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 154, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.099 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b8c0',
    500: '#249aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249aa6;
$custom-light: #76b8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.538,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62983,
    "c": 0.09948,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249AA6

secondary

#C46B62

accent

#5040E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #249AA6

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

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