#259A9B#259A9B

#259A9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.098 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259A9B
RGB	rgb(37, 154, 155)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -30.23, -9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 31.72, 197.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.0944 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.098 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2322, 25.8688, 35.0363)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259A9B #9B2625

analogous

#259B61 #259A9B #255F9B

triadic

#259A9B #9B259A #9A9B25

tetradic

#259A9B #61259B #9B2625 #5F9B25

square

#259A9B #61259B #9B2625 #5F9B25

split-complementary

#259A9B #9B255F #9B6125

monochromatic

#0D3838 #19696A #259A9B #31CBCC #61D8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#259A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#259A9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259A9B

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259A9B	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 154, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.098 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8b8',
    500: '#259a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259a9b;
$custom-light: #75b8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.508,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62583,
    "c": 0.09809,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259A9B

secondary

#BF5E5D

accent

#4543E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259A9B

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

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