#249CC9#249CC9

#249CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.119 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249CC9
RGB	rgb(36, 156, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 22.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -16.25, -32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 35.98, 243.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.0779 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.119 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1543, 28.3661, 59.5019)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249CC9 #C95124

analogous

#24C9A4 #249CC9 #2449C9

triadic

#249CC9 #C9249C #9CC924

tetradic

#249CC9 #A424C9 #C95124 #49C924

square

#249CC9 #A424C9 #C95124 #49C924

split-complementary

#249CC9 #C92449 #C9A424

monochromatic

#114B61 #1B7495 #249CC9 #4BB7DF #7FCCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#249CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#249CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249CC9

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249CC9	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 156, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.119 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb9d9',
    500: '#249cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249cc9;
$custom-light: #7bb9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65002,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249CC9

secondary

#D19078

accent

#6C3BEC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #249CC9

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

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