#259BA8#259BA8

#259BA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.100 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259BA8
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 168)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 7.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -26.66, -15.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 31.03, 210.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0896 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.1 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5491, 26.6607, 41.1539)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259BA8 #A83225

analogous

#25A873 #259BA8 #255AA8

triadic

#259BA8 #A8259B #9BA825

tetradic

#259BA8 #7325A8 #A83225 #5AA825

square

#259BA8 #7325A8 #A83225 #5AA825

split-complementary

#259BA8 #A8255A #A87325

monochromatic

#0F3E44 #1A6D76 #259BA8 #37C4D3 #69D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#259BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#259BA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259BA8

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259BA8	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D95A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B87A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.100 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c1',
    500: '#259ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259ba8;
$custom-light: #77b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.954,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63332,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259BA8

secondary

#C46E65

accent

#5141E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #259BA8

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

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