#259696#259696

#259696 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.096 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259696
RGB	rgb(37, 150, 150)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, -29.81, -8.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 31.10, 196.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% -0.0926 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.096 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1718, 24.4059, 32.6540)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259696 #962525

analogous

#25965E #259696 #255E96

triadic

#259696 #962596 #969625

tetradic

#259696 #5E2596 #962525 #5E9625

square

#259696 #5E2596 #962525 #5E9625

split-complementary

#259696 #96255E #965E25

monochromatic

#0D3434 #196565 #259696 #31C7C7 #5ED7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#259696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#259696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259696

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259696	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 150, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.096 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b5b4',
    500: '#259696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259696;
$custom-light: #74b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 60.428,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61377,
    "c": 0.09583,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259696

secondary

#BC5B5B

accent

#4444E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259696

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

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