#259BAB#259BAB

#259BAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.101 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259BAB
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 171)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 9.4%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -25.70, -17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 31.05, 214.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0883 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.101 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8318, 26.7738, 42.6428)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259BAB #AB3525

analogous

#25AB78 #259BAB #2558AB

triadic

#259BAB #AB259B #9BAB25

tetradic

#259BAB #7825AB #AB3525 #58AB25

square

#259BAB #7825AB #AB3525 #58AB25

split-complementary

#259BAB #AB2558 #AB7825

monochromatic

#0F4046 #1A6D79 #259BAB #39C2D4 #6BD1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#259BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#259BAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259BAB

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259BAB	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D95AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A88AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.101 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c4',
    500: '#259bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259bab;
$custom-light: #77b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.164,
    "s": 64.423,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63452,
    "c": 0.10079,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259BAB

secondary

#C57267

accent

#5440E7

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #259BAB

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

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