#259899#259899

#259899 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.097 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259899
RGB	rgb(37, 152, 153)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, -29.86, -9.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 31.34, 197.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0933 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.097 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7383, 25.1475, 34.0499)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259899 #992625

analogous

#259960 #259899 #255E99

triadic

#259899 #992598 #989925

tetradic

#259899 #602599 #992625 #5E9925

square

#259899 #602599 #992625 #5E9925

split-complementary

#259899 #99255E #996025

monochromatic

#0D3636 #196768 #259899 #31C9CA #60D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#259899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#259899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259899

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259899	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D849A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 152, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.097 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b7b7',
    500: '#259899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259899;
$custom-light: #74b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.517,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61999,
    "c": 0.09694,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259899

secondary

#BE5D5C

accent

#4544E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259899

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

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