#249E9E#249E9E

#249E9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.101 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249E9E
RGB	rgb(36, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 0%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -31.35, -9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 32.71, 196.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0974 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.101 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.1231, 27.2950, 36.6017)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249E9E #9E2424

analogous

#249E61 #249E9E #24619E

triadic

#249E9E #9E249E #9E9E24

tetradic

#249E9E #61249E #9E2424 #619E24

square

#249E9E #61249E #9E2424 #619E24

split-complementary

#249E9E #9E2461 #9E6124

monochromatic

#0D3A3A #196C6C #249E9E #2FD0D0 #61DBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#249E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#249E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249E9E

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249E9E	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.101 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbba',
    500: '#249e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249e9e;
$custom-light: #76bbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63693,
    "c": 0.1008,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249E9E

secondary

#C05E5E

accent

#4242E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #249E9E

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

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