#249D9B#249D9B

#249D9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.100 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249D9B
RGB	rgb(36, 157, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -31.78, -8.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 32.83, 194.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0978 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.1 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6982, 26.8533, 35.2017)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249D9B #9D2426

analogous

#249D5E #249D9B #24639D

triadic

#249D9B #9B249D #9D9B24

tetradic

#249D9B #5E249D #9D2426 #639D24

square

#249D9B #5E249D #9D2426 #639D24

split-complementary

#249D9B #9D2463 #9D5E24

monochromatic

#0D3939 #196B6A #249D9B #2FCFCC #61DBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#249D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#249D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249D9B

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249D9B	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 157, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.100 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab8',
    500: '#249d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249d9b;
$custom-light: #75bab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.008,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6333,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249D9B

secondary

#C05D5F

accent

#4245E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #249D9B

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

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