#249F9B#249F9B

#249F9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.102 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249F9B
RGB	rgb(36, 159, 155)
HSL	hsl(178, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -32.73, -7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 33.54, 192.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0998 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.102 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0393, 27.5356, 35.3154)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249F9B #9F2428

analogous

#249F5D #249F9B #24659F

triadic

#249F9B #9B249F #9F9B24

tetradic

#249F9B #5D249F #9F2428 #659F24

square

#249F9B #5D249F #9F2428 #659F24

split-complementary

#249F9B #9F2465 #9F5D24

monochromatic

#0D3B3A #196D6A #249F9B #30D0CB #62DBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#249F9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#249F9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249F9B

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249F9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249F9B	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95969B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249f9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 159, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.102 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcb8',
    500: '#249f9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249f9b;
$custom-light: #75bcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249f9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.049,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63842,
    "c": 0.10184,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249F9B

secondary

#C15E61

accent

#4247E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #249F9B

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

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