#249E97#249E97

#249E97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.102 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249E97
RGB	rgb(36, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -33.45, -5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 33.92, 189.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.1006 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.102 189)
XYZ	xyz(18.5377, 27.0609, 33.5184)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249E97 #9E242B

analogous

#249E5A #249E97 #24689E

triadic

#249E97 #97249E #9E9724

tetradic

#249E97 #5A249E #9E242B #689E24

square

#249E97 #5A249E #9E242B #689E24

split-complementary

#249E97 #9E2468 #9E5A24

monochromatic

#0D3A38 #196C67 #249E97 #2FD0C7 #61DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#249E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#249E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249E97

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249E97	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#959597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.102 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb5',
    500: '#249e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249e97;
$custom-light: #75bbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.557,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63446,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.27063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249E97

secondary

#C05E63

accent

#424BE6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #249E97

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

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