#259797#259797

#259797 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.096 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259797
RGB	rgb(37, 151, 151)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, -29.99, -8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 31.29, 196.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.0931 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.096 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4129, 24.7588, 33.1333)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259797 #972525

analogous

#25975E #259797 #255E97

triadic

#259797 #972597 #979725

tetradic

#259797 #5E2597 #972525 #5E9725

square

#259797 #5E2597 #972525 #5E9725

split-complementary

#259797 #97255E #975E25

monochromatic

#0D3535 #196666 #259797 #31C8C8 #5FD8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#259797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#259797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259797

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259797	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 151, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.096 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b6b5',
    500: '#259797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259797;
$custom-light: #74b6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6167,
    "c": 0.09641,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259797

secondary

#BD5B5B

accent

#4444E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259797

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

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