#249C9B#249C9B

#249C9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.100 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249C9B
RGB	rgb(36, 156, 155)
HSL	hsl(180, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -31.30, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 32.49, 195.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.0968 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.1 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5297, 26.5163, 35.1456)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249C9B #9C2425

analogous

#249C5F #249C9B #24619C

triadic

#249C9B #9B249C #9C9B24

tetradic

#249C9B #5F249C #9C2425 #619C24

square

#249C9B #5F249C #9C2425 #619C24

split-complementary

#249C9B #9C2461 #9C5F24

monochromatic

#0D3938 #196A6A #249C9B #2FCECC #60DAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#249C9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#249C9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249C9B

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249C9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249C9B	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92949B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81879C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 156, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.100 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b8',
    500: '#249c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249c9b;
$custom-light: #75b9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63075,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249C9B

secondary

#BF5C5D

accent

#4244E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #249C9B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →