#259698#259698

#259698 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.096 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259698
RGB	rgb(37, 150, 152)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, -29.20, -9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 30.84, 198.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.0917 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.096 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3342, 24.4709, 33.5094)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259698 #982725

analogous

#259860 #259698 #255D98

triadic

#259698 #982596 #969825

tetradic

#259698 #602598 #982725 #5D9825

square

#259698 #602598 #982725 #5D9825

split-complementary

#259698 #98255D #986025

monochromatic

#0D3536 #196567 #259698 #31C7C9 #5FD6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#259698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#259698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259698

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259698	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 150, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.096 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b5b6',
    500: '#259698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259698;
$custom-light: #74b5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.043,
    "s": 60.847,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6145,
    "c": 0.09575,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259698

secondary

#BD5D5C

accent

#4744E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259698

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

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