#259B9B#259B9B

#259B9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.099 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259B9B
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 155)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -30.71, -9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 32.04, 196.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0954 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.099 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3980, 26.2003, 35.0915)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259B9B #9B2525

analogous

#259B60 #259B9B #25609B

triadic

#259B9B #9B259B #9B9B25

tetradic

#259B9B #60259B #9B2525 #609B25

square

#259B9B #60259B #9B2525 #609B25

split-complementary

#259B9B #9B2560 #9B6025

monochromatic

#0D3838 #196A6A #259B9B #31CCCC #61D9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#259B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#259B9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259B9B

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259B9B	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.099 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b8',
    500: '#259b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259b9b;
$custom-light: #75b9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62838,
    "c": 0.09873,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259B9B

secondary

#BF5D5D

accent

#4343E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259B9B

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

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