#259A8C#259A8C

#259A8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.102 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259A8C
RGB	rgb(37, 154, 140)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 0%, 9.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, -34.65, -1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 34.69, 182.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.1014 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.102 183)
XYZ	xyz(17.0499, 25.3959, 28.8092)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259A8C #9A2533

analogous

#259A52 #259A8C #256D9A

triadic

#259A8C #8C259A #9A8C25

tetradic

#259A8C #52259A #9A2533 #6D9A25

square

#259A8C #52259A #9A2533 #6D9A25

split-complementary

#259A8C #9A256D #9A5225

monochromatic

#0D3732 #19695F #259A8C #31CBB9 #60D9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#259A8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#259A8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259A8C

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259A8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259A8C	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)

#92918C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259a8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 154, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.102 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8ad',
    500: '#259a8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259a8c;
$custom-light: #74b8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259a8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.821,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62064,
    "c": 0.10152,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.25398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259A8C

secondary

#BE5D68

accent

#4357E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259A8C

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

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