#258E8E#258E8E

#258E8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.091 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#258E8E
RGB	rgb(37, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 0%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, -28.33, -8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 29.57, 196.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% -0.088 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.091 195)
XYZ	xyz(15.3162, 21.6905, 28.9654)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#258E8E #8E2525

analogous

#258E59 #258E8E #25598E

triadic

#258E8E #8E258E #8E8E25

tetradic

#258E8E #59258E #8E2525 #598E25

square

#258E8E #59258E #8E2525 #598E25

split-complementary

#258E8E #8E2559 #8E5925

monochromatic

#0C2D2D #185D5D #258E8E #32BFBF #5AD4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#258E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#258E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #258E8E

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##258E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##258E8E	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #258e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.091 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afaf',
    500: '#258e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #258e8e;
$custom-light: #72afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#258e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59022,
    "c": 0.09109,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.21692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#258E8E

secondary

#B95656

accent

#4646E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #258E8E

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

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