#249CB4#249CB4

#249CB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.105 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249CB4
RGB	rgb(36, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(190, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -23.38, -21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 31.81, 222.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0859 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.105 215)
XYZ	xyz(20.8507, 27.4447, 47.3696)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249CB4 #B43C24

analogous

#24B484 #249CB4 #2454B4

triadic

#249CB4 #B4249C #9CB424

tetradic

#249CB4 #8424B4 #B43C24 #54B424

square

#249CB4 #8424B4 #B43C24 #54B424

split-complementary

#249CB4 #B42454 #B48424

monochromatic

#10444E #1A7081 #249CB4 #3DBED8 #70CFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#249CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#249CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249CB4

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249CB4	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7889B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.105 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9ca',
    500: '#249cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249cb4;
$custom-light: #78b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64056,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.27447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249CB4

secondary

#C97A6B

accent

#5B3EEA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #249CB4

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

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