#249BC9#249BC9

#249BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.120 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249BC9
RGB	rgb(36, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, -15.71, -32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 36.16, 244.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0769 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.12 230)
XYZ	xyz(22.9872, 28.0319, 59.4462)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249BC9 #C95224

analogous

#24C9A5 #249BC9 #2449C9

triadic

#249BC9 #C9249B #9BC924

tetradic

#249BC9 #A524C9 #C95224 #49C924

square

#249BC9 #A524C9 #C95224 #49C924

split-complementary

#249BC9 #C92449 #C9A524

monochromatic

#114B61 #1B7395 #249BC9 #4BB6DF #7FCBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#249BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#249BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249BC9

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249BC9	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8399CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.120 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb8d9',
    500: '#249bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249bc9;
$custom-light: #7bb8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.727,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64761,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.28035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249BC9

secondary

#D19178

accent

#6D3BEC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #249BC9

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

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