#259A9E#259A9E

#259A9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.098 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259A9E
RGB	rgb(37, 154, 158)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 2.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, -29.31, -11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 31.37, 200.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.093 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.098 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4873, 25.9709, 36.3796)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259A9E #9E2925

analogous

#259E65 #259A9E #255E9E

triadic

#259A9E #9E259A #9A9E25

tetradic

#259A9E #65259E #9E2925 #5E9E25

square

#259A9E #65259E #9E2925 #5E9E25

split-complementary

#259A9E #9E255E #9E6525

monochromatic

#0E393B #196A6C #259A9E #31CACF #63D7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#259A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#259A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259A9E

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259A9E	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F939E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 154, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.098 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8ba',
    500: '#259a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259a9e;
$custom-light: #75b8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.983,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62694,
    "c": 0.09808,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259A9E

secondary

#C0625F

accent

#4843E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259A9E

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

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