#259CAE#259CAE

#259CAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.102 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259CAE
RGB	rgb(37, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -25.24, -18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 31.29, 216.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0881 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.102 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2881, 27.2237, 44.2216)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259CAE #AE3725

analogous

#25AE7C #259CAE #2558AE

triadic

#259CAE #AE259C #9CAE25

tetradic

#259CAE #7C25AE #AE3725 #58AE25

square

#259CAE #7C25AE #AE3725 #58AE25

split-complementary

#259CAE #AE2558 #AE7C25

monochromatic

#104249 #1A6F7C #259CAE #3BC1D5 #6DD1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#259CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#259CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259CAE

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259CAE	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.102 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c6',
    500: '#259cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259cae;
$custom-light: #77b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.883,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63824,
    "c": 0.10203,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259CAE

secondary

#C67568

accent

#5640E8

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #259CAE

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

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