#259C99#259C99

#259C99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.100 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259C99
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -31.79, -7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 32.70, 193.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0973 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.1 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3985, 26.4679, 34.2700)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259C99 #9C2528

analogous

#259C5D #259C99 #25649C

triadic

#259C99 #99259C #9C9925

tetradic

#259C99 #5D259C #9C2528 #649C25

square

#259C99 #5D259C #9C2528 #649C25

split-complementary

#259C99 #9C2564 #9C5D25

monochromatic

#0E3938 #196B68 #259C99 #31CDCA #62DAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#259C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#259C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259C99

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259C99	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)

#929499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81879A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.100 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab7',
    500: '#259c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259c99;
$custom-light: #75bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.487,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63022,
    "c": 0.09963,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259C99

secondary

#BF5E60

accent

#4347E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259C99

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

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