#259CAD#259CAD

#259CAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.102 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#259CAD
RGBrgb(37, 156, 173)
HSLhsl(188, 65%, 41%)
HSVhsv(188, 79%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(78.6%, 9.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(59.15, -25.56, -17.98)
CIE-LCHlch(59.15, 31.25, 215.12°)
OKLaboklab(63.78% -0.0885 -0.0501)
OKLCHoklch(63.78% 0.102 209.5)
XYZxyz(20.1909, 27.1849, 43.7101)
Luminance0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#259CAD #AD3625
analogous
#25AD7A #259CAD #2558AD
triadic
#259CAD #AD259C #9CAD25
tetradic
#259CAD #7A25AD #AD3625 #58AD25
square
#259CAD #7A25AD #AD3625 #58AD25
split-complementary
#259CAD #AD2558 #AD7A25
monochromatic
#0F4148 #1A6F7B #259CAD #3AC2D5 #6DD1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26
#259CAD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44
#259CAD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259CAD
6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##259CAD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##259CAD1.003.266.446.44
#FFFFFF3.261.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4421.001.001.00
##0000006.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8D96AE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7B89AD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A4A1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #259cad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.102 209.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c5',
    500: '#259cad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #259cad;
$custom-light: #77b9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#259cad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63784,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#259CAD
secondary
#C67468
accent
#5540E8
background
#F7FBFC
surface
#EEF6F8
border
#C9D0D1
text
#0A1112
muted
#7C8081

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#259CAD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva