#249AB9#249AB9

#249AB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.108 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249AB9
RGB	rgb(36, 154, 185)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(192, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -20.67, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 32.47, 230.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.082 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.108 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0364, 26.9864, 49.9897)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249AB9 #B94324

analogous

#24B98D #249AB9 #244FB9

triadic

#249AB9 #B9249A #9AB924

tetradic

#249AB9 #8D24B9 #B94324 #4FB924

square

#249AB9 #8D24B9 #B94324 #4FB924

split-complementary

#249AB9 #B9244F #B98D24

monochromatic

#104553 #1A6F86 #249AB9 #40BADA #74CCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#249AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#249AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249AB9

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249AB9	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8796BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7488B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 154, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.108 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b8ce',
    500: '#249ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249ab9;
$custom-light: #79b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.483,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63779,
    "c": 0.10791,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249AB9

secondary

#CB816E

accent

#613DEA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #249AB9

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

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