#249AB3#249AB3

#249AB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.104 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249AB3
RGB	rgb(36, 154, 179)
HSL	hsl(190, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 14%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -22.67, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 31.60, 224.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0844 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.104 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4163, 26.7384, 46.7241)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249AB3 #B33D24

analogous

#24B385 #249AB3 #2452B3

triadic

#249AB3 #B3249A #9AB324

tetradic

#249AB3 #8524B3 #B33D24 #52B324

square

#249AB3 #8524B3 #B33D24 #52B324

split-complementary

#249AB3 #B32452 #B38524

monochromatic

#10424D #1A6E80 #249AB3 #3CBDD8 #6FCEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#249AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#249AB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249AB3

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249AB3	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8995B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7687B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 154, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.104 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c9',
    500: '#249ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249ab3;
$custom-light: #78b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.49,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63518,
    "c": 0.10442,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249AB3

secondary

#C97B6A

accent

#5C3EE9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #249AB3

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

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