#259799#259799

#259799 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.096 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259799
RGB	rgb(37, 151, 153)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, -29.38, -9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 31.03, 198.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% -0.0922 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.096 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5767, 24.8243, 33.9960)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259799 #992725

analogous

#259961 #259799 #255D99

triadic

#259799 #992597 #979925

tetradic

#259799 #612599 #992725 #5D9925

square

#259799 #612599 #992725 #5D9925

split-complementary

#259799 #99255D #996125

monochromatic

#0D3636 #196668 #259799 #31C8CA #60D6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#259799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#259799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259799

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259799	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C839A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 151, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.096 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b6b7',
    500: '#259799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259799;
$custom-light: #74b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.034,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61743,
    "c": 0.09632,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259799

secondary

#BE5E5C

accent

#4644E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259799

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

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