#259497#259497

#259497 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.095 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259497
RGB	rgb(37, 148, 151)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(182, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, -28.52, -10.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 30.34, 199.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% -0.0901 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.095 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9362, 23.8054, 32.9745)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259497 #972825

analogous

#259761 #259497 #255B97

triadic

#259497 #972594 #949725

tetradic

#259497 #612597 #972825 #5B9725

square

#259497 #612597 #972825 #5B9725

split-complementary

#259497 #97255B #976125

monochromatic

#0D3435 #196466 #259497 #31C4C8 #5FD5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#259497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#259497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259497

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259497	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#898D97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 148, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.095 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b4b5',
    500: '#259497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259497;
$custom-light: #74b4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.579,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60901,
    "c": 0.09456,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259497

secondary

#BD5E5B

accent

#4844E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259497

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

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