#249B89#249B89

#249B89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.104 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249B89
RGB	rgb(36, 155, 137)
HSL	hsl(171, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(171, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 11.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, -36.07, 0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 36.07, 179.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.1042 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.104 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9620, 25.6218, 27.7136)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249B89 #9B2436

analogous

#249B4D #249B89 #24729B

triadic

#249B89 #89249B #9B8924

tetradic

#249B89 #4D249B #9B2436 #729B24

square

#249B89 #4D249B #9B2436 #729B24

split-complementary

#249B89 #9B2472 #9B4D24

monochromatic

#0D3831 #18695D #249B89 #30CDB5 #5FDAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#249B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#249B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249B89

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249B89	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 155, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.104 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9ab',
    500: '#249b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249b89;
$custom-light: #73b9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.924,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62208,
    "c": 0.10419,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249B89

secondary

#BF5C6B

accent

#425BE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #249B89

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

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