#259C98#259C98

#259C98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.100 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259C98
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 152)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 2.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -32.09, -7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 32.87, 192.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.0978 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.1 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3163, 26.4350, 33.8368)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259C98 #9C2529

analogous

#259C5C #259C98 #25659C

triadic

#259C98 #98259C #9C9825

tetradic

#259C98 #5C259C #9C2529 #659C25

square

#259C98 #5C259C #9C2529 #659C25

split-complementary

#259C98 #9C2565 #9C5C25

monochromatic

#0E3938 #196B68 #259C98 #31CDC8 #62DAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#259C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#259C98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259C98

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259C98	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.100 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab6',
    500: '#259c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259c98;
$custom-light: #75bab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.983,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62987,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259C98

secondary

#BF5E61

accent

#4348E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259C98

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

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