#259B96#259B96

#259B96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.099 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259B96
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -32.21, -6.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 32.87, 191.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0977 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.099 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9867, 26.0358, 32.9257)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259B96 #9B252A

analogous

#259B5B #259B96 #25659B

triadic

#259B96 #96259B #9B9625

tetradic

#259B96 #5B259B #9B252A #659B25

square

#259B96 #5B259B #9B252A #659B25

split-complementary

#259B96 #9B2565 #9B5B25

monochromatic

#0D3836 #196A66 #259B96 #31CCC6 #61D9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#259B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#259B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259B96

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259B96	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.099 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b4',
    500: '#259b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259b96;
$custom-light: #75b9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.458,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6266,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259B96

secondary

#BF5D61

accent

#434AE5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259B96

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

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