#259CA9#259CA9

#259CA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.100 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259CA9
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -26.85, -15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 31.21, 210.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0902 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.1 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8097, 27.0324, 41.7021)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259CA9 #A93225

analogous

#25A974 #259CA9 #255AA9

triadic

#259CA9 #A9259C #9CA925

tetradic

#259CA9 #7425A9 #A93225 #5AA925

square

#259CA9 #7425A9 #A93225 #5AA925

split-complementary

#259CA9 #A9255A #A97425

monochromatic

#0F3F45 #1A6E77 #259CA9 #38C4D3 #6AD3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#259CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#259CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259CA9

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259CA9	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C88A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.100 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c2',
    500: '#259ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259ca9;
$custom-light: #77b9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.909,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63623,
    "c": 0.10049,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259CA9

secondary

#C46F65

accent

#5141E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #259CA9

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

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