#249EC9#249EC9

#249EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.118 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249EC9
RGB	rgb(36, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, -17.33, -31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 35.66, 240.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0797 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.118 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4927, 29.0429, 59.6147)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249EC9 #C94F24

analogous

#24C9A2 #249EC9 #244CC9

triadic

#249EC9 #C9249E #9EC924

tetradic

#249EC9 #A224C9 #C94F24 #4CC924

square

#249EC9 #A224C9 #C94F24 #4CC924

split-complementary

#249EC9 #C9244C #C9A224

monochromatic

#114C61 #1B7595 #249EC9 #4BB8DF #7FCDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#249EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#249EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249EC9

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249EC9	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.118 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbad9',
    500: '#249ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249ec9;
$custom-light: #7bbad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.636,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65483,
    "c": 0.11849,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249EC9

secondary

#D18F78

accent

#6A3BEC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #249EC9

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

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