#259A8B#259A8B

#259A8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.102 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259A8B
RGB	rgb(37, 154, 139)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 0%, 9.7%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, -34.93, -1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 34.95, 181.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.1018 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.102 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9765, 25.3665, 28.4226)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259A8B #9A2534

analogous

#259A51 #259A8B #256E9A

triadic

#259A8B #8B259A #9A8B25

tetradic

#259A8B #51259A #9A2534 #6E9A25

square

#259A8B #51259A #9A2534 #6E9A25

split-complementary

#259A8B #9A256E #9A5125

monochromatic

#0D3732 #19695E #259A8B #31CBB8 #60D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#259A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#259A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259A8B

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259A8B	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 154, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.102 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8ac',
    500: '#259a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259a8b;
$custom-light: #74b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.308,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62031,
    "c": 0.10192,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259A8B

secondary

#BE5D69

accent

#4358E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259A8B

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

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