#259A99#259A99

#259A99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.098 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259A99
RGB	rgb(37, 154, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 0%, 0.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -30.83, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 32.00, 195.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.0953 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.098 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.0657, 25.8022, 34.1590)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259A99 #9A2526

analogous

#259A5E #259A99 #25619A

triadic

#259A99 #99259A #9A9925

tetradic

#259A99 #5E259A #9A2526 #619A25

square

#259A99 #5E259A #9A2526 #619A25

split-complementary

#259A99 #9A2561 #9A5E25

monochromatic

#0D3737 #196968 #259A99 #31CBCA #60D9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#259A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#259A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259A99

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259A99	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F869A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 154, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.098 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8b7',
    500: '#259a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259a99;
$custom-light: #75b8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.487,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6251,
    "c": 0.09824,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259A99

secondary

#BE5D5E

accent

#4345E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259A99

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

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