#259B8B#259B8B

#259B8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.103 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259B8B
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 139)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 10.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -35.39, -0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 35.40, 181.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.1029 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.103 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1422, 25.6980, 28.4778)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259B8B #9B2535

analogous

#259B50 #259B8B #25709B

triadic

#259B8B #8B259B #9B8B25

tetradic

#259B8B #50259B #9B2535 #709B25

square

#259B8B #50259B #9B2535 #709B25

split-complementary

#259B8B #9B2570 #9B5025

monochromatic

#0D3832 #196A5F #259B8B #31CCB7 #61D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#259B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#259B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259B8B

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259B8B	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.103 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9ac',
    500: '#259b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259b8b;
$custom-light: #74b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.864,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62291,
    "c": 0.10291,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259B8B

secondary

#BF5D6A

accent

#4359E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259B8B

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

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