#249AA9#249AA9

#249AA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.100 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249AA9
RGB	rgb(36, 154, 169)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(187, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -25.94, -16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 30.96, 213.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.0886 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.1 208)
XYZ	xyz(19.4414, 26.3484, 41.5895)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249AA9 #A93324

analogous

#24A975 #249AA9 #2457A9

triadic

#249AA9 #A9249A #9AA924

tetradic

#249AA9 #7524A9 #A93324 #57A924

square

#249AA9 #7524A9 #A93324 #57A924

split-complementary

#249AA9 #A92457 #A97524

monochromatic

#0F3E44 #196C77 #249AA9 #36C2D4 #68D2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#249AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#249AA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249AA9

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249AA9	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C94AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A87A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 154, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.100 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b8c2',
    500: '#249aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249aa9;
$custom-light: #76b8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.767,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63102,
    "c": 0.10027,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.26351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249AA9

secondary

#C56F64

accent

#5340E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #249AA9

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

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