#259C8E#259C8E

#259C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.103 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259C8E
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -35.00, -1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 35.05, 183.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% -0.1025 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.103 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5315, 26.1211, 29.7038)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259C8E #9C2533

analogous

#259C52 #259C8E #256E9C

triadic

#259C8E #8E259C #9C8E25

tetradic

#259C8E #52259C #9C2533 #6E9C25

square

#259C8E #52259C #9C2533 #6E9C25

split-complementary

#259C8E #9C256E #9C5225

monochromatic

#0E3934 #196B61 #259C8E #31CDBB #62DACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#259C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#259C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259C8E

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259C8E	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	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)

#94938E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84878F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.103 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baaf',
    500: '#259c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259c8e;
$custom-light: #74baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62648,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259C8E

secondary

#BF5E69

accent

#4356E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259C8E

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

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