#259C9B#259C9B

#259C9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.099 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259C9B
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -31.19, -8.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 32.38, 195.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% -0.0964 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.099 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5651, 26.5345, 35.1472)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259C9B #9C2526

analogous

#259C60 #259C9B #25619C

triadic

#259C9B #9B259C #9C9B25

tetradic

#259C9B #60259C #9C2526 #619C25

square

#259C9B #60259C #9C2526 #619C25

split-complementary

#259C9B #9C2561 #9C6025

monochromatic

#0E3939 #196B6A #259C9B #31CDCC #62DAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#259C9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#259C9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259C9B

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259C9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259C9B	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92949B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.099 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b8',
    500: '#259c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259c9b;
$custom-light: #75b9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.496,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63094,
    "c": 0.09939,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259C9B

secondary

#BF5E5F

accent

#4344E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259C9B

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

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