#259C8A#259C8A

#259C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.104 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259C8A
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(171, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, -36.12, 0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 36.12, 179.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.1044 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.104 180)
XYZ	xyz(17.2366, 26.0031, 28.1505)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259C8A #9C2537

analogous

#259C4E #259C8A #25739C

triadic

#259C8A #8A259C #9C8A25

tetradic

#259C8A #4E259C #9C2537 #739C25

square

#259C8A #4E259C #9C2537 #739C25

split-complementary

#259C8A #9C2573 #9C4E25

monochromatic

#0E3932 #196B5E #259C8A #31CDB6 #62DAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#259C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#259C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259C8A

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259C8A	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.104 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baac',
    500: '#259c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259c8a;
$custom-light: #74baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.924,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62519,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.26005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259C8A

secondary

#BF5E6D

accent

#435CE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259C8A

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

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