#259CA8#259CA8

#259CA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.100 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259CA8
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -27.16, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 31.23, 209.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0906 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.1 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7162, 26.9950, 41.2096)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259CA8 #A83125

analogous

#25A872 #259CA8 #255BA8

triadic

#259CA8 #A8259C #9CA825

tetradic

#259CA8 #7225A8 #A83125 #5BA825

square

#259CA8 #7225A8 #A83125 #5BA825

split-complementary

#259CA8 #A8255B #A87225

monochromatic

#0F3F44 #1A6D76 #259CA8 #37C5D3 #69D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#259CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#259CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259CA8

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259CA8	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E95A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.100 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c1',
    500: '#259ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259ca8;
$custom-light: #77b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.496,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63584,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259CA8

secondary

#C46D65

accent

#5041E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #259CA8

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

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