#259B9D#259B9D

#259B9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.099 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259B9D
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 157)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 1.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -30.10, -10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 31.78, 198.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.0945 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.099 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5673, 26.2681, 35.9834)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259B9D #9D2725

analogous

#259D63 #259B9D #255F9D

triadic

#259B9D #9D259B #9B9D25

tetradic

#259B9D #63259D #9D2725 #5F9D25

square

#259B9D #63259D #9D2725 #5F9D25

split-complementary

#259B9D #9D255F #9D6325

monochromatic

#0E393A #196A6B #259B9D #31CCCE #62D8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#259B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#259B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259B9D

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259B9D	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)

#90939D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.099 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b9',
    500: '#259b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259b9d;
$custom-light: #75b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62912,
    "c": 0.09864,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259B9D

secondary

#BF605E

accent

#4643E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259B9D

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

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