#249C8C#249C8C

#249C8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.104 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249C8C
RGB	rgb(36, 156, 140)
HSL	hsl(172, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 0%, 10.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, -35.68, -0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 35.69, 181.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.1038 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.104 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3473, 26.0433, 28.9185)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249C8C #9C2434

analogous

#249C50 #249C8C #24709C

triadic

#249C8C #8C249C #9C8C24

tetradic

#249C8C #50249C #9C2434 #709C24

square

#249C8C #50249C #9C2434 #709C24

split-complementary

#249C8C #9C2470 #9C5024

monochromatic

#0D3933 #196A5F #249C8C #2FCEB9 #60DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#249C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#249C8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249C8C

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249C8C	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95928B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 156, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.104 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baad',
    500: '#249c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249c8c;
$custom-light: #74baad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62564,
    "c": 0.10382,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249C8C

secondary

#BF5C6A

accent

#4258E6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #249C8C

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

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