#259A8E#259A8E

#259A8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.101 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259A8E
RGB	rgb(37, 154, 142)
HSL	hsl(174, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(174, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 0%, 7.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -34.08, -2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 34.19, 184.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% -0.1004 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.101 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1987, 25.4554, 29.5929)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259A8E #9A2531

analogous

#259A53 #259A8E #256C9A

triadic

#259A8E #8E259A #9A8E25

tetradic

#259A8E #53259A #9A2531 #6C9A25

square

#259A8E #53259A #9A2531 #6C9A25

split-complementary

#259A8E #9A256C #9A5325

monochromatic

#0D3733 #196961 #259A8E #31CBBB #60D9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#259A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#259A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259A8E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259A8E	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82858F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 154, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.101 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8af',
    500: '#259a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259a8e;
$custom-light: #74b8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.846,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6213,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259A8E

secondary

#BE5D67

accent

#4354E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259A8E

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

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