#259C9D#259C9D

#259C9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.099 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259C9D
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 157)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 0.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -30.59, -9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 32.09, 197.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0955 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.099 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7344, 26.6023, 36.0391)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259C9D #9D2625

analogous

#259D62 #259C9D #25609D

triadic

#259C9D #9D259C #9C9D25

tetradic

#259C9D #62259D #9D2625 #609D25

square

#259C9D #62259D #9D2625 #609D25

split-complementary

#259C9D #9D2560 #9D6225

monochromatic

#0E3A3A #196B6B #259C9D #31CDCE #62D9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#259C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#259C9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259C9D

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259C9D	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.099 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b9',
    500: '#259c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259c9d;
$custom-light: #75b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63166,
    "c": 0.09925,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259C9D

secondary

#BF5F5E

accent

#4443E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259C9D

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

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