#249C9E#249C9E

#249C9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.100 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249C9E
RGB	rgb(36, 156, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 1.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, -30.39, -10.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 32.08, 198.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0954 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.1 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7847, 26.6183, 36.4889)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249C9E #9E2624

analogous

#249E63 #249C9E #245F9E

triadic

#249C9E #9E249C #9C9E24

tetradic

#249C9E #63249E #9E2624 #5F9E24

square

#249C9E #63249E #9E2624 #5F9E24

split-complementary

#249C9E #9E245F #9E6324

monochromatic

#0D3A3A #196B6C #249C9E #2FCDD0 #61D9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#249C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#249C9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249C9E

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249C9E	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 156, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.100 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9ba',
    500: '#249c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249c9e;
$custom-light: #75b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.984,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63184,
    "c": 0.09957,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249C9E

secondary

#C05F5E

accent

#4542E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #249C9E

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

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