#259C96#259C96

#259C96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.100 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259C96
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, -32.68, -6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 33.24, 190.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.0987 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.1 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1538, 26.3700, 32.9814)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259C96 #9C252B

analogous

#259C5B #259C96 #25669C

triadic

#259C96 #96259C #9C9625

tetradic

#259C96 #5B259C #9C252B #669C25

square

#259C96 #5B259C #9C252B #669C25

split-complementary

#259C96 #9C2566 #9C5B25

monochromatic

#0E3937 #196B66 #259C96 #31CDC6 #62DAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#259C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#259C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259C96

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259C96	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.100 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab4',
    500: '#259c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259c96;
$custom-light: #75bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.975,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62917,
    "c": 0.10016,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259C96

secondary

#BF5E63

accent

#434BE5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259C96

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

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