#249AB4#249AB4

#249AB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.105 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249AB4
RGB	rgb(36, 154, 180)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 14.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -22.34, -22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 31.72, 225.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.084 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.105 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5178, 26.7790, 47.2586)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249AB4 #B43E24

analogous

#24B486 #249AB4 #2452B4

triadic

#249AB4 #B4249A #9AB424

tetradic

#249AB4 #8624B4 #B43E24 #52B424

square

#249AB4 #8624B4 #B43E24 #52B424

split-complementary

#249AB4 #B42452 #B48624

monochromatic

#10434E #1A6E81 #249AB4 #3DBCD8 #70CEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#249AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#249AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249AB4

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249AB4	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8995B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7687B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 154, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.105 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8ca',
    500: '#249ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249ab4;
$custom-light: #78b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.833,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63561,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249AB4

secondary

#C97C6B

accent

#5D3EEA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #249AB4

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

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