#259B97#259B97

#259B97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.099 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259B97
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 151)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, -31.91, -7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 32.68, 192.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0972 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.099 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0676, 26.0682, 33.3516)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259B97 #9B2529

analogous

#259B5C #259B97 #25649B

triadic

#259B97 #97259B #9B9725

tetradic

#259B97 #5C259B #9B2529 #649B25

square

#259B97 #5C259B #9B2529 #649B25

split-complementary

#259B97 #9B2564 #9B5C25

monochromatic

#0D3837 #196A67 #259B97 #31CCC7 #61D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#259B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#259B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259B97

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259B97	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)

#919397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.099 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b5',
    500: '#259b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259b97;
$custom-light: #75b9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.966,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62695,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259B97

secondary

#BF5D61

accent

#4349E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259B97

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

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