#259C9F#259C9F

#259C9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.099 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259C9F
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, -29.97, -10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 31.85, 199.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0946 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.099 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9066, 26.6711, 36.9458)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259C9F #9F2825

analogous

#259F65 #259C9F #255F9F

triadic

#259C9F #9F259C #9C9F25

tetradic

#259C9F #65259F #9F2825 #5F9F25

square

#259C9F #65259F #9F2825 #5F9F25

split-complementary

#259C9F #9F255F #9F6525

monochromatic

#0E3B3C #196B6D #259C9F #32CBCF #64D8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#259C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#259C9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259C9F

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259C9F	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F88A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.099 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9bb',
    500: '#259c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259c9f;
$custom-light: #76b9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.475,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6324,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259C9F

secondary

#C0625F

accent

#4642E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #259C9F

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

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