#259C81#259C81

#259C81 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.109 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259C81
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 129)
HSL	hsl(166, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(166, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 17.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -38.56, 5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 38.88, 172.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.1087 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.109 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6118, 25.7532, 24.8600)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259C81 #9C2540

analogous

#259C46 #259C81 #257B9C

triadic

#259C81 #81259C #9C8125

tetradic

#259C81 #46259C #9C2540 #7B9C25

square

#259C81 #46259C #9C2540 #7B9C25

split-complementary

#259C81 #9C257B #9C4625

monochromatic

#0E392F #196B58 #259C81 #31CDAA #62DABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#259C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#259C81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259C81

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259C81	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#979280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.109 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baa5',
    500: '#259c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259c81;
$custom-light: #73baa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.387,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62246,
    "c": 0.10948,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259C81

secondary

#BF5E74

accent

#4368E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259C81

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

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