#249B96#249B96

#249B96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.100 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249B96
RGB	rgb(36, 155, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(177, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 3.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -32.32, -6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 32.98, 191.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.098 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.1 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9513, 26.0176, 32.9240)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249B96 #9B2429

analogous

#249B5B #249B96 #24659B

triadic

#249B96 #96249B #9B9624

tetradic

#249B96 #5B249B #9B2429 #659B24

square

#249B96 #5B249B #9B2429 #659B24

split-complementary

#249B96 #9B2465 #9B5B24

monochromatic

#0D3836 #186966 #249B96 #30CDC6 #5FDAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#249B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#249B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249B96

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249B96	1.00	3.38	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 155, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.100 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9b4',
    500: '#249b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249b96;
$custom-light: #74b9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.479,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62641,
    "c": 0.09974,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249B96

secondary

#BF5C60

accent

#4249E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #249B96

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

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