#249C96#249C96

#249C96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.101 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249C96
RGB	rgb(36, 156, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -32.80, -6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 33.36, 190.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% -0.0991 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.101 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1184, 26.3518, 32.9797)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249C96 #9C242A

analogous

#249C5A #249C96 #24669C

triadic

#249C96 #96249C #9C9624

tetradic

#249C96 #5A249C #9C242A #669C24

square

#249C96 #5A249C #9C242A #669C24

split-complementary

#249C96 #9C2466 #9C5A24

monochromatic

#0D3936 #196A66 #249C96 #2FCEC6 #60DAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#249C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#249C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249C96

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249C96	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 156, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.101 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bab4',
    500: '#249c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249c96;
$custom-light: #74bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62898,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249C96

secondary

#BF5C61

accent

#424AE6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #249C96

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

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