#259B9C#259B9C

#259B9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.099 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259B9C
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 156)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -30.41, -9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 31.91, 197.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0949 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.099 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4823, 26.2340, 35.5356)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259B9C #9C2625

analogous

#259C61 #259B9C #25609C

triadic

#259B9C #9C259B #9B9C25

tetradic

#259B9C #61259C #9C2625 #609C25

square

#259B9C #61259C #9C2625 #609C25

split-complementary

#259B9C #9C2560 #9C6125

monochromatic

#0E3939 #196A6B #259B9C #31CCCD #62D9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#259B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#259B9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259B9C

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259B9C	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.099 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b9',
    500: '#259b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259b9c;
$custom-light: #75b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.504,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62875,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259B9C

secondary

#BF5F5E

accent

#4443E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259B9C

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

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