#259496#259496

#259496 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.095 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259496
RGB	rgb(37, 148, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -28.83, -9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 30.46, 198.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% -0.0905 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.095 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8554, 23.7731, 32.5486)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259496 #962725

analogous

#259660 #259496 #255C96

triadic

#259496 #962594 #949625

tetradic

#259496 #602596 #962725 #5C9625

square

#259496 #602596 #962725 #5C9625

split-complementary

#259496 #96255C #966025

monochromatic

#0D3334 #196465 #259496 #31C4C7 #5ED5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#259496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#259496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259496

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259496	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 148, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.095 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b4b4',
    500: '#259496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259496;
$custom-light: #74b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.062,
    "s": 60.428,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60864,
    "c": 0.09457,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259496

secondary

#BC5C5B

accent

#4744E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259496

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

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