#259B88#259B88

#259B88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.104 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259B88
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 136)
HSL	hsl(170, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 12.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, -36.22, 0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 36.23, 178.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.1043 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.104 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9260, 25.6115, 27.3392)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259B88 #9B2538

analogous

#259B4D #259B88 #25739B

triadic

#259B88 #88259B #9B8825

tetradic

#259B88 #4D259B #9B2538 #739B25

square

#259B88 #4D259B #9B2538 #739B25

split-complementary

#259B88 #9B2573 #9B4D25

monochromatic

#0D3831 #196A5D #259B88 #31CCB3 #61D9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#259B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#259B88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259B88

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259B88	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85868A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.104 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9aa',
    500: '#259b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259b88;
$custom-light: #73b9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.339,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62196,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259B88

secondary

#BF5D6D

accent

#435DE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259B88

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

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