#249E8C#249E8C

#249E8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.106 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249E8C
RGB	rgb(36, 158, 140)
HSL	hsl(171, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 0%, 11.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -36.59, 0.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 36.59, 179.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.1058 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.106 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6857, 26.7201, 29.0312)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249E8C #9E2436

analogous

#249E4F #249E8C #24739E

triadic

#249E8C #8C249E #9E8C24

tetradic

#249E8C #4F249E #9E2436 #739E24

square

#249E8C #4F249E #9E2436 #739E24

split-complementary

#249E8C #9E2473 #9E4F24

monochromatic

#0D3A34 #196C60 #249E8C #2FD0B8 #61DBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#249E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#249E8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249E8C

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249E8C	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)

#97948B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 158, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.106 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbad',
    500: '#249e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249e8c;
$custom-light: #74bbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.148,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63083,
    "c": 0.10582,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249E8C

secondary

#C05E6C

accent

#425AE6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #249E8C

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

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