#249E8F#249E8F

#249E8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249E8F
RGB	rgb(36, 158, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 0%, 9.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -35.75, -1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 35.78, 182.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.1044 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.104 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9099, 26.8098, 30.2122)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249E8F #9E2433

analogous

#249E52 #249E8F #24709E

triadic

#249E8F #8F249E #9E8F24

tetradic

#249E8F #52249E #9E2433 #709E24

square

#249E8F #52249E #9E2433 #709E24

split-complementary

#249E8F #9E2470 #9E5224

monochromatic

#0D3A35 #196C62 #249E8F #2FD0BC #61DBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#249E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#249E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249E8F

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249E8F	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 158, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbaf',
    500: '#249e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249e8f;
$custom-light: #74bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.623,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63179,
    "c": 0.10449,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249E8F

secondary

#C05E6A

accent

#4256E6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #249E8F

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

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