#249E9A#249E9A

#249E9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.101 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249E9A
RGB	rgb(36, 158, 154)
HSL	hsl(178, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 0%, 2.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, -32.56, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 33.35, 192.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0992 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.101 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7844, 27.1596, 34.8179)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249E9A #9E2428

analogous

#249E5D #249E9A #24659E

triadic

#249E9A #9A249E #9E9A24

tetradic

#249E9A #5D249E #9E2428 #659E24

square

#249E9A #5D249E #9E2428 #659E24

split-complementary

#249E9A #9E2465 #9E5D24

monochromatic

#0D3A39 #196C69 #249E9A #2FD0CA #61DBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#249E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#249E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249E9A

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249E9A	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 158, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.101 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb7',
    500: '#249e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249e9a;
$custom-light: #75bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.033,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63551,
    "c": 0.10127,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249E9A

secondary

#C05E61

accent

#4247E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #249E9A

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

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