#249D8B#249D8B

#249D8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.105 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249D8B
RGB	rgb(36, 157, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -36.42, 0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 36.42, 179.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.1053 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.105 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4424, 26.3510, 28.5881)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249D8B #9D2436

analogous

#249D4E #249D8B #24739D

triadic

#249D8B #8B249D #9D8B24

tetradic

#249D8B #4E249D #9D2436 #739D24

square

#249D8B #4E249D #9D2436 #739D24

split-complementary

#249D8B #9D2473 #9D4E24

monochromatic

#0D3933 #196B5F #249D8B #2FCFB7 #61DBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#249D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#249D8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249D8B

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249D8B	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86878D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 157, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.105 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baac',
    500: '#249d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249d8b;
$custom-light: #74baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.074,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62792,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249D8B

secondary

#C05D6C

accent

#425AE6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #249D8B

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

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