#259CAC#259CAC

#259CAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.101 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259CAC
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 172)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 9.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -25.89, -17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 31.23, 214.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0889 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.101 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0945, 27.1463, 43.2024)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259CAC #AC3525

analogous

#25AC78 #259CAC #2558AC

triadic

#259CAC #AC259C #9CAC25

tetradic

#259CAC #7825AC #AC3525 #58AC25

square

#259CAC #7825AC #AC3525 #58AC25

split-complementary

#259CAC #AC2558 #AC7825

monochromatic

#0F4147 #1A6E7A #259CAC #3AC2D5 #6CD2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#259CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#259CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259CAC

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259CAC	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.101 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c4',
    500: '#259cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259cac;
$custom-light: #77b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.111,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63743,
    "c": 0.10135,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259CAC

secondary

#C67267

accent

#5440E8

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #259CAC

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

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