#259B8F#259B8F

#259B8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.101 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259B8F
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 143)
HSL	hsl(174, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(174, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 7.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -34.25, -2.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 34.37, 184.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.101 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.101 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4398, 25.8171, 30.0453)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259B8F #9B2531

analogous

#259B54 #259B8F #256C9B

triadic

#259B8F #8F259B #9B8F25

tetradic

#259B8F #54259B #9B2531 #6C9B25

square

#259B8F #54259B #9B2531 #6C9B25

split-complementary

#259B8F #9B256C #9B5425

monochromatic

#0D3834 #196A61 #259B8F #31CCBD #61D9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#259B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#259B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259B8F

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259B8F	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)

#93928F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.101 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9af',
    500: '#259b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259b8f;
$custom-light: #74b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.898,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62422,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259B8F

secondary

#BF5D67

accent

#4354E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259B8F

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

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