#259C80#259C80

#259C80 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.110 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259C80
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 128)
HSL	hsl(166, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(166, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 17.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -38.82, 5.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 39.22, 171.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.1092 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.11 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5457, 25.7268, 24.5116)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259C80 #9C2541

analogous

#259C44 #259C80 #257D9C

triadic

#259C80 #80259C #9C8025

tetradic

#259C80 #44259C #9C2541 #7D9C25

square

#259C80 #44259C #9C2541 #7D9C25

split-complementary

#259C80 #9C257D #9C4425

monochromatic

#0E392F #196B57 #259C80 #31CDA9 #62DABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#259C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#259C80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259C80

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259C80	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97917F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.110 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baa4',
    500: '#259c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259c80;
$custom-light: #73baa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62217,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259C80

secondary

#BF5E75

accent

#4369E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259C80

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

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