#249F8E#249F8E

#249F8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.106 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249F8E
RGB	rgb(36, 159, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 10.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -36.49, -0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 36.49, 180.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.1059 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.106 181)
XYZ	xyz(18.0058, 27.1221, 29.8721)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249F8E #9F2435

analogous

#249F50 #249F8E #24729F

triadic

#249F8E #8E249F #9F8E24

tetradic

#249F8E #50249F #9F2435 #729F24

square

#249F8E #50249F #9F2435 #729F24

split-complementary

#249F8E #9F2472 #9F5024

monochromatic

#0D3B35 #196D61 #249F8E #30D0BA #62DBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#249F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#249F8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249F8E

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249F8E	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)

#98958D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 159, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.106 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcaf',
    500: '#249f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249f8e;
$custom-light: #74bcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.707,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63406,
    "c": 0.1059,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.27124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249F8E

secondary

#C15E6C

accent

#4258E6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #249F8E

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

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