#249FC9#249FC9

#249FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.118 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#249FC9
RGB	rgb(36, 159, 201)
HSL	hsl(195, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, -17.87, -30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 35.52, 239.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0806 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.118 227)
XYZ	xyz(23.6639, 29.3854, 59.6718)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#249FC9 #C94E24

analogous

#24C9A1 #249FC9 #244DC9

triadic

#249FC9 #C9249F #9FC924

tetradic

#249FC9 #A124C9 #C94E24 #4DC924

square

#249FC9 #A124C9 #C94E24 #4DC924

split-complementary

#249FC9 #C9244D #C9A124

monochromatic

#114D61 #1B7695 #249FC9 #4BB9DF #7FCDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#249FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#249FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #249FC9

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##249FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##249FC9	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #249fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 159, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.118 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbbd9',
    500: '#249fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #249fc9;
$custom-light: #7bbbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#249fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.273,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65724,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.29388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#249FC9

secondary

#D18F78

accent

#683BEC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #249FC9

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

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