#259699#259699

#259699 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.096 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259699
RGB	rgb(37, 150, 153)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, -28.89, -10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 30.72, 199.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% -0.0912 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.096 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4164, 24.5038, 33.9426)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259699 #992825

analogous

#259962 #259699 #255C99

triadic

#259699 #992596 #969925

tetradic

#259699 #622599 #992825 #5C9925

square

#259699 #622599 #992825 #5C9925

split-complementary

#259699 #99255C #996225

monochromatic

#0D3536 #196668 #259699 #31C6CA #60D5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#259699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#259699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259699

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259699	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B839A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 150, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.096 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b5b7',
    500: '#259699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259699;
$custom-light: #74b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.552,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61487,
    "c": 0.09574,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259699

secondary

#BE5F5C

accent

#4844E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259699

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

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