#259C88#259C88

#259C88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.105 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259C88
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 136)
HSL	hsl(170, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 12.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, -36.68, 1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 36.70, 177.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.1053 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.105 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0931, 25.9458, 27.3949)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259C88 #9C2539

analogous

#259C4C #259C88 #25749C

triadic

#259C88 #88259C #9C8825

tetradic

#259C88 #4C259C #9C2539 #749C25

square

#259C88 #4C259C #9C2539 #749C25

split-complementary

#259C88 #9C2574 #9C4C25

monochromatic

#0E3932 #196B5D #259C88 #31CDB3 #62DAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#259C88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#259C88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259C88

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259C88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259C88	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86878A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259c88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.105 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baaa',
    500: '#259c88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259c88;
$custom-light: #74baaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259c88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.916,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62457,
    "c": 0.10539,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259C88

secondary

#BF5E6E

accent

#435EE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259C88

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

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