#259C86#259C86

#259C86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.106 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259C86
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 134)
HSL	hsl(169, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 14.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, -37.22, 2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 37.30, 176.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.1063 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.106 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9523, 25.8894, 26.6533)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259C86 #9C253B

analogous

#259C4B #259C86 #25769C

triadic

#259C86 #86259C #9C8625

tetradic

#259C86 #4B259C #9C253B #769C25

square

#259C86 #4B259C #9C253B #769C25

split-complementary

#259C86 #9C2576 #9C4B25

monochromatic

#0E3931 #196B5C #259C86 #31CDB0 #62DAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#259C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#259C86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259C86

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259C86	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.106 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baa9',
    500: '#259c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259c86;
$custom-light: #73baa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.908,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62395,
    "c": 0.10647,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259C86

secondary

#BF5E70

accent

#4361E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259C86

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

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