#259996#259996

#259996 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.098 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259996
RGB	rgb(37, 153, 150)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -31.26, -7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 32.14, 193.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.0957 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.098 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6566, 25.3756, 32.8157)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259996 #992528

analogous

#25995C #259996 #256299

triadic

#259996 #962599 #999625

tetradic

#259996 #5C2599 #992528 #629925

square

#259996 #5C2599 #992528 #629925

split-complementary

#259996 #992562 #995C25

monochromatic

#0D3635 #196866 #259996 #31CAC6 #60D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#259996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#259996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259996

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259996	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 153, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.098 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b7b4',
    500: '#259996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259996;
$custom-light: #74b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.448,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62147,
    "c": 0.0979,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259996

secondary

#BE5C5F

accent

#4448E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259996

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

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