#259D79#259D79

#259D79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.116 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259D79
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(162, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(162, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 0%, 22.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, -41.04, 9.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 42.17, 166.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.1137 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.116 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2692, 25.8858, 22.2245)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259D79 #9D2549

analogous

#259D3D #259D79 #25859D

triadic

#259D79 #79259D #9D7925

tetradic

#259D79 #3D259D #9D2549 #859D25

square

#259D79 #3D259D #9D2549 #859D25

split-complementary

#259D79 #9D2585 #9D3D25

monochromatic

#0E3A2D #196B53 #259D79 #31CE9F #62DAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#259D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#259D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259D79

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259D79	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.116 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bb9f',
    500: '#259d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259d79;
$custom-light: #73bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62285,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259D79

secondary

#BF5E7B

accent

#4373E5

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #259D79

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

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