#259B89#259B89

#259B89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.104 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259B89
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 137)
HSL	hsl(171, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 11.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, -35.95, 0.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 35.95, 179.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.1038 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.104 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9974, 25.6401, 27.7153)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259B89 #9B2537

analogous

#259B4E #259B89 #25729B

triadic

#259B89 #89259B #9B8925

tetradic

#259B89 #4E259B #9B2537 #729B25

square

#259B89 #4E259B #9B2537 #729B25

split-complementary

#259B89 #9B2572 #9B4E25

monochromatic

#0D3832 #196A5D #259B89 #31CCB5 #61D9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#259B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#259B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259B89

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259B89	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.104 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9ab',
    500: '#259b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259b89;
$custom-light: #74b9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.847,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62228,
    "c": 0.10384,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259B89

secondary

#BF5D6C

accent

#435CE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259B89

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

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