#249B99#249B99

#249B99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.099 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249B99
RGB	rgb(36, 155, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -31.43, -8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 32.46, 194.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.0967 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.099 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1960, 26.1154, 34.2126)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249B99 #9B2426

analogous

#249B5E #249B99 #24619B

triadic

#249B99 #99249B #9B9924

tetradic

#249B99 #5E249B #9B2426 #619B24

square

#249B99 #5E249B #9B2426 #619B24

split-complementary

#249B99 #9B2461 #9B5E24

monochromatic

#0D3837 #186968 #249B99 #30CDCA #5FDAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#249B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#249B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249B99

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249B99	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 155, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.099 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b7',
    500: '#249b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249b99;
$custom-light: #75b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.992,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62747,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249B99

secondary

#BF5C5E

accent

#4245E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #249B99

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

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