#249EA8#249EA8

#249EA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.101 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249EA8
RGB	rgb(36, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -28.26, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 31.76, 207.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% -0.0929 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.101 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0191, 27.6535, 41.3207)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249EA8 #A82E24

analogous

#24A870 #249EA8 #245CA8

triadic

#249EA8 #A8249E #9EA824

tetradic

#249EA8 #7024A8 #A82E24 #5CA824

square

#249EA8 #7024A8 #A82E24 #5CA824

split-complementary

#249EA8 #A8245C #A87024

monochromatic

#0E3F43 #196F76 #249EA8 #35C8D4 #68D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#249EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#249EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249EA8

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249EA8	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.101 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbc1',
    500: '#249ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249ea8;
$custom-light: #77bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64068,
    "c": 0.10131,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249EA8

secondary

#C46B63

accent

#4D40E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #249EA8

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

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