#259997#259997

#259997 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.098 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259997
RGB	rgb(37, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 1.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, -30.96, -8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 31.97, 194.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% -0.0952 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.098 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7375, 25.4080, 33.2415)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259997 #992527

analogous

#25995D #259997 #256199

triadic

#259997 #972599 #999725

tetradic

#259997 #5D2599 #992527 #619925

square

#259997 #5D2599 #992527 #619925

split-complementary

#259997 #992561 #995D25

monochromatic

#0D3636 #196866 #259997 #31CAC8 #60D9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#259997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#259997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259997

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259997	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	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)

#8F9197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.098 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b7b5',
    500: '#259997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259997;
$custom-light: #74b7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.966,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62182,
    "c": 0.09776,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259997

secondary

#BE5C5E

accent

#4446E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259997

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

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