#259B8D#259B8D

#259B8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.102 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259B8D
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 141)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -34.82, -1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 34.87, 182.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.1019 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.102 183)
XYZ	xyz(17.2897, 25.7570, 29.2545)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259B8D #9B2533

analogous

#259B52 #259B8D #256E9B

triadic

#259B8D #8D259B #9B8D25

tetradic

#259B8D #52259B #9B2533 #6E9B25

square

#259B8D #52259B #9B2533 #6E9B25

split-complementary

#259B8D #9B256E #9B5225

monochromatic

#0D3833 #196A60 #259B8D #31CCBA #61D9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#259B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#259B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259B8D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259B8D	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#93928D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.102 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9ae',
    500: '#259b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259b8d;
$custom-light: #74b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.881,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62356,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.25759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259B8D

secondary

#BF5D69

accent

#4356E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259B8D

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

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