#259B99#259B99

#259B99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.099 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259B99
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -31.31, -8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 32.35, 194.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0963 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.099 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2314, 26.1337, 34.2143)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259B99 #9B2527

analogous

#259B5E #259B99 #25629B

triadic

#259B99 #99259B #9B9925

tetradic

#259B99 #5E259B #9B2527 #629B25

square

#259B99 #5E259B #9B2527 #629B25

split-complementary

#259B99 #9B2562 #9B5E25

monochromatic

#0D3837 #196A68 #259B99 #31CCCA #61D9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#259B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#259B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259B99

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259B99	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.099 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b7',
    500: '#259b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259b99;
$custom-light: #75b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.983,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62766,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259B99

secondary

#BF5D5F

accent

#4346E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259B99

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

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