#259B8C#259B8C

#259B8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.102 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259B8C
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 140)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 9.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -35.11, -1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 35.13, 182.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.1024 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.102 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2156, 25.7274, 28.8644)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259B8C #9B2534

analogous

#259B51 #259B8C #256F9B

triadic

#259B8C #8C259B #9B8C25

tetradic

#259B8C #51259B #9B2534 #6F9B25

square

#259B8C #51259B #9B2534 #6F9B25

split-complementary

#259B8C #9B256F #9B5125

monochromatic

#0D3833 #196A5F #259B8C #31CCB9 #61D9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#259B8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#259B8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259B8C

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259B8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259B8C	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259b8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.102 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9ad',
    500: '#259b8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259b8c;
$custom-light: #74b9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259b8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.373,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62324,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259B8C

secondary

#BF5D6A

accent

#4358E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259B8C

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

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