#259CA5#259CA5

#259CA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.100 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259CA5
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(184, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -28.11, -13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 31.34, 206.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0919 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.1 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4399, 26.8845, 39.7547)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259CA5 #A52E25

analogous

#25A56E #259CA5 #255CA5

triadic

#259CA5 #A5259C #9CA525

tetradic

#259CA5 #6E25A5 #A52E25 #5CA525

square

#259CA5 #6E25A5 #A52E25 #5CA525

split-complementary

#259CA5 #A5255C #A56E25

monochromatic

#0F3D41 #1A6D73 #259CA5 #35C7D2 #67D5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#259CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#259CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259CA5

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259CA5	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.100 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9bf',
    500: '#259ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259ca5;
$custom-light: #76b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.219,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63467,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259CA5

secondary

#C36A63

accent

#4D41E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #259CA5

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

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