#249CB9#249CB9

#249CB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.108 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249CB9
RGB	rgb(36, 156, 185)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(192, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 15.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -21.71, -24.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 32.44, 227.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0839 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.108 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3693, 27.6521, 50.1007)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249CB9 #B94124

analogous

#24B98B #249CB9 #2451B9

triadic

#249CB9 #B9249C #9CB924

tetradic

#249CB9 #8B24B9 #B94124 #51B924

square

#249CB9 #8B24B9 #B94124 #51B924

split-complementary

#249CB9 #B92451 #B98B24

monochromatic

#104653 #1A7186 #249CB9 #40BCDA #74CEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#249CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#249CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249CB9

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249CB9	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A97BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7689B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 156, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.108 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9ce',
    500: '#249cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249cb9;
$custom-light: #79b9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.678,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64271,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249CB9

secondary

#CB806E

accent

#5F3DEA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #249CB9

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

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