#259C97#259C97

#259C97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.100 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259C97
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 3.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -32.39, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 33.05, 191.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.0982 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.1 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2347, 26.4024, 33.4073)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259C97 #9C252A

analogous

#259C5B #259C97 #25659C

triadic

#259C97 #97259C #9C9725

tetradic

#259C97 #5B259C #9C252A #659C25

square

#259C97 #5B259C #9C252A #659C25

split-complementary

#259C97 #9C2565 #9C5B25

monochromatic

#0E3937 #196B67 #259C97 #31CDC7 #62DAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#259C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#259C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259C97

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259C97	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.100 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab5',
    500: '#259c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259c97;
$custom-light: #75bab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.479,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62952,
    "c": 0.09996,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259C97

secondary

#BF5E62

accent

#434AE5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259C97

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

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