#249AC9#249AC9

#249AC9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.120 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249AC9
RGB	rgb(36, 154, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 23.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -15.17, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 36.35, 245.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.076 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.12 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8214, 27.7004, 59.3909)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249AC9 #C95324

analogous

#24C9A6 #249AC9 #2448C9

triadic

#249AC9 #C9249A #9AC924

tetradic

#249AC9 #A624C9 #C95324 #48C924

square

#249AC9 #A624C9 #C95324 #48C924

split-complementary

#249AC9 #C92448 #C9A624

monochromatic

#114A61 #1B7295 #249AC9 #4BB5DF #7FCAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#249AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#249AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249AC9

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249AC9	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8298CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D89C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 154, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.120 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb7d9',
    500: '#249ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249ac9;
$custom-light: #7bb7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.091,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64521,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249AC9

secondary

#D19178

accent

#6E3BEC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #249AC9

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

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