#259B8E#259B8E

#259B8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.102 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259B8E
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -34.54, -2.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 34.62, 183.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.1014 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.102 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3644, 25.7869, 29.6481)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259B8E #9B2532

analogous

#259B53 #259B8E #256D9B

triadic

#259B8E #8E259B #9B8E25

tetradic

#259B8E #53259B #9B2532 #6D9B25

square

#259B8E #53259B #9B2532 #6D9B25

split-complementary

#259B8E #9B256D #9B5325

monochromatic

#0D3833 #196A61 #259B8E #31CCBB #61D9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#259B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#259B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259B8E

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259B8E	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.102 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9af',
    500: '#259b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259b8e;
$custom-light: #74b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.39,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62389,
    "c": 0.10168,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259B8E

secondary

#BF5D68

accent

#4355E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259B8E

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

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