#259597#259597

#259597 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.095 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259597
RGB	rgb(37, 149, 151)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 1.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, -29.01, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 30.65, 198.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% -0.0911 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.095 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0938, 24.1205, 33.0270)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259597 #972725

analogous

#259760 #259597 #255C97

triadic

#259597 #972595 #959725

tetradic

#259597 #602597 #972725 #5C9725

square

#259597 #602597 #972725 #5C9725

split-complementary

#259597 #97255C #976025

monochromatic

#0D3435 #196466 #259597 #31C6C8 #5FD6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#259597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#259597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259597

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259597	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)

#8A8E97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 149, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.095 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b4b5',
    500: '#259597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259597;
$custom-light: #74b4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.053,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61157,
    "c": 0.09516,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259597

secondary

#BD5D5B

accent

#4744E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259597

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

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