#249EA9#249EA9

#249EA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.102 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249EA9
RGB	rgb(36, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -27.95, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 31.72, 208.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0925 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.102 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1126, 27.6909, 41.8133)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249EA9 #A92F24

analogous

#24A971 #249EA9 #245CA9

triadic

#249EA9 #A9249E #9EA924

tetradic

#249EA9 #7124A9 #A92F24 #5CA924

square

#249EA9 #7124A9 #A92F24 #5CA924

split-complementary

#249EA9 #A9245C #A97124

monochromatic

#0F4044 #196F77 #249EA9 #36C7D4 #68D5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#249EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#249EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249EA9

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249EA9	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.102 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbc2',
    500: '#249ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249ea9;
$custom-light: #77bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.962,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64107,
    "c": 0.1015,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249EA9

secondary

#C56C64

accent

#4E40E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #249EA9

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

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