#249F8D#249F8D

#249F8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.106 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249F8D
RGB	rgb(36, 159, 141)
HSL	hsl(171, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 11.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -36.77, 0.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 36.77, 179.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.1064 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.106 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9310, 27.0922, 29.4784)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249F8D #9F2436

analogous

#249F50 #249F8D #24739F

triadic

#249F8D #8D249F #9F8D24

tetradic

#249F8D #50249F #9F2436 #739F24

square

#249F8D #50249F #9F2436 #739F24

split-complementary

#249F8D #9F2473 #9F5024

monochromatic

#0D3B34 #196D61 #249F8D #30D0B9 #62DBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#249F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#249F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249F8D

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249F8D	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 159, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.106 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcae',
    500: '#249f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249f8d;
$custom-light: #74bcae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.22,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63375,
    "c": 0.10636,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249F8D

secondary

#C15E6D

accent

#425AE6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #249F8D

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

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