#259A96#259A96

#259A96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.099 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259A96
RGB	rgb(37, 154, 150)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, -31.73, -7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 32.50, 192.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.0967 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.099 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8210, 25.7044, 32.8704)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259A96 #9A2529

analogous

#259A5C #259A96 #25639A

triadic

#259A96 #96259A #9A9625

tetradic

#259A96 #5C259A #9A2529 #639A25

square

#259A96 #5C259A #9A2529 #639A25

split-complementary

#259A96 #9A2563 #9A5C25

monochromatic

#0D3736 #196966 #259A96 #31CBC6 #60D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#259A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#259A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259A96

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259A96	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 154, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.099 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8b4',
    500: '#259a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259a96;
$custom-light: #74b8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.949,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62403,
    "c": 0.09864,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259A96

secondary

#BE5D60

accent

#4349E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259A96

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

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