#259C8B#259C8B

#259C8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.104 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259C8B
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 10.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -35.85, -0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 35.85, 180.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.1039 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.104 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3093, 26.0322, 28.5335)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259C8B #9C2536

analogous

#259C50 #259C8B #25719C

triadic

#259C8B #8B259C #9C8B25

tetradic

#259C8B #50259C #9C2536 #719C25

square

#259C8B #50259C #9C2536 #719C25

split-complementary

#259C8B #9C2571 #9C5025

monochromatic

#0E3933 #196B5F #259C8B #31CDB7 #62DAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#259C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#259C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259C8B

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259C8B	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95928A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.104 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baac',
    500: '#259c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259c8b;
$custom-light: #74baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62551,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259C8B

secondary

#BF5E6C

accent

#435AE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259C8B

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

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