#259B9F#259B9F

#259B9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.099 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259B9F
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 159)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -29.49, -11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 31.55, 200.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.0936 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.099 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7395, 26.3369, 36.8900)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259B9F #9F2925

analogous

#259F66 #259B9F #255E9F

triadic

#259B9F #9F259B #9B9F25

tetradic

#259B9F #66259F #9F2925 #5E9F25

square

#259B9F #66259F #9F2925 #5E9F25

split-complementary

#259B9F #9F255E #9F6625

monochromatic

#0E3A3C #196B6D #259B9F #32CACF #64D7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#259B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#259B9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259B9F

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259B9F	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90949F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E87A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.099 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9bb',
    500: '#259b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259b9f;
$custom-light: #76b9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.967,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62986,
    "c": 0.09865,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259B9F

secondary

#C0635F

accent

#4842E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259B9F

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

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