#249B8D#249B8D

#249B8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.102 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249B8D
RGB	rgb(36, 155, 141)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -34.94, -1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 34.99, 183.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.1023 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.102 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2543, 25.7387, 29.2528)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249B8D #9B2432

analogous

#249B51 #249B8D #246E9B

triadic

#249B8D #8D249B #9B8D24

tetradic

#249B8D #51249B #9B2432 #6E9B24

square

#249B8D #51249B #9B2432 #6E9B24

split-complementary

#249B8D #9B246E #9B5124

monochromatic

#0D3833 #186960 #249B8D #30CDBA #5FDACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#249B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#249B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249B8D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249B8D	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 155, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.102 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9ae',
    500: '#249b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249b8d;
$custom-light: #74b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62337,
    "c": 0.10243,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249B8D

secondary

#BF5C68

accent

#4256E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #249B8D

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

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