#249F8B#249F8B

#249F8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.107 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249F8B
RGB	rgb(36, 159, 139)
HSL	hsl(170, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 12.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, -37.32, 1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 37.34, 178.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.1073 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.107 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7835, 27.0332, 28.7018)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249F8B #9F2438

analogous

#249F4D #249F8B #24759F

triadic

#249F8B #8B249F #9F8B24

tetradic

#249F8B #4D249F #9F2438 #759F24

square

#249F8B #4D249F #9F2438 #759F24

split-complementary

#249F8B #9F2475 #9F4D24

monochromatic

#0D3B34 #196D5F #249F8B #30D0B6 #62DBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#249F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#249F8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249F8B

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249F8B	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 159, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.107 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcac',
    500: '#249f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249f8b;
$custom-light: #74bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.244,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63312,
    "c": 0.10734,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249F8B

secondary

#C15E6E

accent

#425CE6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #249F8B

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

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