#259BAE#259BAE

#259BAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.102 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259BAE
RGB	rgb(37, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -24.73, -18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 31.16, 217.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0871 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.102 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1210, 26.8895, 44.1659)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259BAE #AE3825

analogous

#25AE7D #259BAE #2557AE

triadic

#259BAE #AE259B #9BAE25

tetradic

#259BAE #7D25AE #AE3825 #57AE25

square

#259BAE #7D25AE #AE3825 #57AE25

split-complementary

#259BAE #AE2557 #AE7D25

monochromatic

#104149 #1A6E7C #259BAE #3BC0D5 #6DD0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#259BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#259BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259BAE

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259BAE	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C95AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7988AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.102 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b8c6',
    500: '#259bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259bae;
$custom-light: #77b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.321,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63575,
    "c": 0.10187,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259BAE

secondary

#C67568

accent

#5740E8

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #259BAE

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

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