#249E9B#249E9B

#249E9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.101 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249E9B
RGB	rgb(36, 158, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -32.26, -7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 33.18, 193.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0988 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.101 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8680, 27.1930, 35.2583)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249E9B #9E2427

analogous

#249E5E #249E9B #24649E

triadic

#249E9B #9B249E #9E9B24

tetradic

#249E9B #5E249E #9E2427 #649E24

square

#249E9B #5E249E #9E2427 #649E24

split-complementary

#249E9B #9E2464 #9E5E24

monochromatic

#0D3A39 #196C6A #249E9B #2FD0CC #61DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#249E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#249E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249E9B

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249E9B	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 158, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.101 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb8',
    500: '#249e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249e9b;
$custom-light: #75bbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.525,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63586,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249E9B

secondary

#C05E60

accent

#4246E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #249E9B

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

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