#259C8C#259C8C

#259C8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.103 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259C8C
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 140)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 10.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, -35.57, -0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 35.58, 181.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.1034 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.103 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3827, 26.0616, 28.9201)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259C8C #9C2535

analogous

#259C51 #259C8C #25709C

triadic

#259C8C #8C259C #9C8C25

tetradic

#259C8C #51259C #9C2535 #709C25

square

#259C8C #51259C #9C2535 #709C25

split-complementary

#259C8C #9C2570 #9C5125

monochromatic

#0E3933 #196B60 #259C8C #31CDB8 #62DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#259C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#259C8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259C8C

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259C8C	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)

#95928B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.103 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baad',
    500: '#259c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259c8c;
$custom-light: #74baad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.933,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62583,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259C8C

secondary

#BF5E6B

accent

#4359E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259C8C

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

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