#249E96#249E96

#249E96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.102 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249E96
RGB	rgb(36, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(176, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 0%, 5.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -33.74, -5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 34.13, 188.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.1011 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.102 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4568, 27.0285, 33.0925)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249E96 #9E242C

analogous

#249E59 #249E96 #24699E

triadic

#249E96 #96249E #9E9624

tetradic

#249E96 #59249E #9E242C #699E24

square

#249E96 #59249E #9E242C #699E24

split-complementary

#249E96 #9E2469 #9E5924

monochromatic

#0D3A37 #196C67 #249E96 #2FD0C5 #61DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#249E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#249E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249E96

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249E96	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.102 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb4',
    500: '#249e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249e96;
$custom-light: #75bbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.066,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63412,
    "c": 0.10213,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249E96

secondary

#C05E64

accent

#424DE6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #249E96

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

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