#259C8F#259C8F

#259C8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.102 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259C8F
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -34.72, -2.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 34.80, 183.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.102 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.102 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6069, 26.1513, 30.1010)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259C8F #9C2532

analogous

#259C53 #259C8F #256E9C

triadic

#259C8F #8F259C #9C8F25

tetradic

#259C8F #53259C #9C2532 #6E9C25

square

#259C8F #53259C #9C2532 #6E9C25

split-complementary

#259C8F #9C256E #9C5325

monochromatic

#0E3934 #196B62 #259C8F #31CDBC #62DACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#259C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#259C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259C8F

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259C8F	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94938F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.102 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baaf',
    500: '#259c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259c8f;
$custom-light: #74baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.445,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62681,
    "c": 0.10224,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259C8F

secondary

#BF5E68

accent

#4355E5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259C8F

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

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