#249B8E#249B8E

#249B8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.102 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249B8E
RGB	rgb(36, 155, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -34.66, -2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 34.74, 183.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.1018 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.102 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3290, 25.7686, 29.6465)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249B8E #9B2431

analogous

#249B52 #249B8E #246D9B

triadic

#249B8E #8E249B #9B8E24

tetradic

#249B8E #52249B #9B2431 #6D9B24

square

#249B8E #52249B #9B2431 #6D9B24

split-complementary

#249B8E #9B246D #9B5224

monochromatic

#0D3833 #186961 #249B8E #30CDBB #5FDACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#249B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#249B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249B8E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249B8E	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 155, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.102 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9af',
    500: '#249b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249b8e;
$custom-light: #74b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.445,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62369,
    "c": 0.10204,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249B8E

secondary

#BF5C67

accent

#4254E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #249B8E

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

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