#259C8D#259C8D

#259C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.103 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259C8D
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, -35.28, -1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 35.31, 182.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% -0.1029 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.103 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4568, 26.0912, 29.3102)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259C8D #9C2534

analogous

#259C51 #259C8D #256F9C

triadic

#259C8D #8D259C #9C8D25

tetradic

#259C8D #51259C #9C2534 #6F9C25

square

#259C8D #51259C #9C2534 #6F9C25

split-complementary

#259C8D #9C256F #9C5125

monochromatic

#0E3934 #196B60 #259C8D #31CDBA #62DACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#259C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#259C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259C8D

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259C8D	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94938C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84878E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.103 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baae',
    500: '#259c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259c8d;
$custom-light: #74baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.437,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62615,
    "c": 0.10303,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259C8D

secondary

#BF5E6A

accent

#4357E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259C8D

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

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