#249B8B#249B8B

#249B8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.103 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249B8B
RGB	rgb(36, 155, 139)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 10.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, -35.51, -0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 35.52, 181.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.1032 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.103 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1068, 25.6798, 28.4762)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249B8B #9B2434

analogous

#249B50 #249B8B #246F9B

triadic

#249B8B #8B249B #9B8B24

tetradic

#249B8B #50249B #9B2434 #6F9B24

square

#249B8B #50249B #9B2434 #6F9B24

split-complementary

#249B8B #9B246F #9B5024

monochromatic

#0D3832 #18695E #249B8B #30CDB8 #5FDAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#249B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#249B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249B8B

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249B8B	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 155, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.103 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9ac',
    500: '#249b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249b8b;
$custom-light: #73b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.933,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62272,
    "c": 0.10326,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249B8B

secondary

#BF5C69

accent

#4258E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #249B8B

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

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