#259A9C#259A9C

#259A9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.098 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259A9C
RGB	rgb(37, 154, 156)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -29.92, -10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 31.59, 198.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% -0.0939 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.098 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3166, 25.9026, 35.4804)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259A9C #9C2725

analogous

#259C62 #259A9C #255F9C

triadic

#259A9C #9C259A #9A9C25

tetradic

#259A9C #62259C #9C2725 #5F9C25

square

#259A9C #62259C #9C2725 #5F9C25

split-complementary

#259A9C #9C255F #9C6225

monochromatic

#0E3839 #19696B #259A9C #31CBCD #62D8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#259A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#259A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259A9C

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259A9C	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 154, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.098 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8b9',
    500: '#259a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259a9c;
$custom-light: #75b8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.008,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6262,
    "c": 0.09807,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259A9C

secondary

#BF5F5E

accent

#4643E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259A9C

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

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