#259BA5#259BA5

#259BA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.099 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259BA5
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 165)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, -27.61, -14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 31.11, 207.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0909 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.099 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2728, 26.5502, 39.6990)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259BA5 #A52F25

analogous

#25A56F #259BA5 #255BA5

triadic

#259BA5 #A5259B #9BA525

tetradic

#259BA5 #6F25A5 #A52F25 #5BA525

square

#259BA5 #6F25A5 #A52F25 #5BA525

split-complementary

#259BA5 #A5255B #A56F25

monochromatic

#0F3D41 #1A6C73 #259BA5 #35C6D2 #67D4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#259BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#259BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259BA5

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259BA5	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E94A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C87A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.099 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9bf',
    500: '#259ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259ba5;
$custom-light: #76b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.688,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63214,
    "c": 0.09929,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259BA5

secondary

#C36A63

accent

#4E41E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #259BA5

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

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