#249BB4#249BB4

#249BB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.105 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249BB4
RGB	rgb(36, 155, 180)
HSL	hsl(190, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 13.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -22.86, -22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 31.76, 223.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.085 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.105 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.6836, 27.1105, 47.3139)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249BB4 #B43D24

analogous

#24B485 #249BB4 #2453B4

triadic

#249BB4 #B4249B #9BB424

tetradic

#249BB4 #8524B4 #B43D24 #53B424

square

#249BB4 #8524B4 #B43D24 #53B424

split-complementary

#249BB4 #B42453 #B48524

monochromatic

#10434E #1A6F81 #249BB4 #3DBDD8 #70CFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#249BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#249BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249BB4

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249BB4	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A96B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7788B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 155, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.105 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8ca',
    500: '#249bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249bb4;
$custom-light: #78b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.417,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63808,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249BB4

secondary

#C97B6B

accent

#5C3EEA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #249BB4

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

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