#249D8F#249D8F

#249D8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.104 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249D8F
RGB	rgb(36, 157, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 0%, 8.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -35.29, -1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 35.35, 183.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.1034 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.104 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7400, 26.4700, 30.1555)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249D8F #9D2432

analogous

#249D53 #249D8F #246E9D

triadic

#249D8F #8F249D #9D8F24

tetradic

#249D8F #53249D #9D2432 #6E9D24

square

#249D8F #53249D #9D2432 #6E9D24

split-complementary

#249D8F #9D246E #9D5324

monochromatic

#0D3934 #196B62 #249D8F #2FCFBC #61DBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#249D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#249D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249D8F

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249D8F	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95948F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 157, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.104 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baaf',
    500: '#249d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249d8f;
$custom-light: #74baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.058,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6292,
    "c": 0.10353,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249D8F

secondary

#C05D68

accent

#4255E6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #249D8F

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

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