#259A97#259A97

#259A97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.098 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259A97
RGB	rgb(37, 154, 151)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -31.43, -7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 32.32, 193.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0962 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.098 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9019, 25.7367, 33.2963)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259A97 #9A2528

analogous

#259A5D #259A97 #25629A

triadic

#259A97 #97259A #9A9725

tetradic

#259A97 #5D259A #9A2528 #629A25

square

#259A97 #5D259A #9A2528 #629A25

split-complementary

#259A97 #9A2562 #9A5D25

monochromatic

#0D3736 #196967 #259A97 #31CBC7 #60D9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#259A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#259A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259A97

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259A97	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 154, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.098 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8b5',
    500: '#259a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259a97;
$custom-light: #75b8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.462,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62439,
    "c": 0.09847,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259A97

secondary

#BE5D5F

accent

#4348E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259A97

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

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