#249E8B#249E8B

#249E8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.106 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249E8B
RGB	rgb(36, 158, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 0%, 12%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -36.87, 0.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 36.88, 179.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.1063 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.106 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6123, 26.6907, 28.6447)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249E8B #9E2437

analogous

#249E4E #249E8B #24749E

triadic

#249E8B #8B249E #9E8B24

tetradic

#249E8B #4E249E #9E2437 #749E24

square

#249E8B #4E249E #9E2437 #749E24

split-complementary

#249E8B #9E2474 #9E4E24

monochromatic

#0D3A33 #196C5F #249E8B #2FD0B7 #61DBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#249E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#249E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249E8B

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249E8B	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 158, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.106 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbac',
    500: '#249e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249e8b;
$custom-light: #74bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.656,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63052,
    "c": 0.10631,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249E8B

secondary

#C05E6D

accent

#425BE6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #249E8B

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

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