#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
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 173)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 9.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -25.56, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 31.25, 215.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0885 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.102 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1909, 27.1849, 43.7101)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##259CAD	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #259CAD

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

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