#259596#259596

#259596 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.095 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259596
RGB	rgb(37, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, -29.32, -9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 30.78, 197.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0916 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.095 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0129, 24.0882, 32.6011)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259596 #962625

analogous

#25965F #259596 #255D96

triadic

#259596 #962595 #959625

tetradic

#259596 #5F2596 #962625 #5D9625

square

#259596 #5F2596 #962625 #5D9625

split-complementary

#259596 #96255D #965F25

monochromatic

#0D3334 #196465 #259596 #31C6C7 #5ED6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#259596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#259596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259596

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259596	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.095 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b4b4',
    500: '#259596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259596;
$custom-light: #74b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.531,
    "s": 60.428,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6112,
    "c": 0.09519,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259596

secondary

#BC5B5B

accent

#4644E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259596

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

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