#249DC9#249DC9

#249DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.119 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249DC9
RGB	rgb(36, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, -16.79, -31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 35.82, 242.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.0788 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.119 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3228, 28.7031, 59.5580)
Luminance	0.2871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249DC9 #C95024

analogous

#24C9A3 #249DC9 #244BC9

triadic

#249DC9 #C9249D #9DC924

tetradic

#249DC9 #A324C9 #C95024 #4BC924

square

#249DC9 #A324C9 #C95024 #4BC924

split-complementary

#249DC9 #C9244B #C9A324

monochromatic

#114C61 #1B7495 #249DC9 #4BB8DF #7FCCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#249DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#249DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249DC9

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249DC9	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.119 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbad9',
    500: '#249dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249dc9;
$custom-light: #7bbad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65242,
    "c": 0.11888,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249DC9

secondary

#D19078

accent

#6B3BEC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #249DC9

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

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