#259D8A#259D8A

#259D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.105 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259D8A
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(171, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -36.58, 0.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 36.58, 178.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.1054 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.105 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4051, 26.3401, 28.2067)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259D8A #9D2538

analogous

#259D4E #259D8A #25749D

triadic

#259D8A #8A259D #9D8A25

tetradic

#259D8A #4E259D #9D2538 #749D25

square

#259D8A #4E259D #9D2538 #749D25

split-complementary

#259D8A #9D2574 #9D4E25

monochromatic

#0E3A33 #196B5E #259D8A #31CEB5 #62DAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#259D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#259D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259D8A

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259D8A	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.105 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baac',
    500: '#259d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259d8a;
$custom-light: #74baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6278,
    "c": 0.10543,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259D8A

secondary

#BF5E6E

accent

#435DE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259D8A

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

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