#259B8A#259B8A

#259B8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.103 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259B8A
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(171, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -35.67, -0.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 35.67, 180.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.1034 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.103 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0695, 25.6689, 28.0948)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259B8A #9B2536

analogous

#259B4F #259B8A #25719B

triadic

#259B8A #8A259B #9B8A25

tetradic

#259B8A #4F259B #9B2536 #719B25

square

#259B8A #4F259B #9B2536 #719B25

split-complementary

#259B8A #9B2571 #9B4F25

monochromatic

#0D3832 #196A5E #259B8A #31CCB6 #61D9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#259B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#259B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259B8A

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259B8A	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	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)

#949189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.103 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9ac',
    500: '#259b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259b8a;
$custom-light: #74b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.356,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62259,
    "c": 0.10337,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259B8A

secondary

#BF5D6B

accent

#435AE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259B8A

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

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