#259D8B#259D8B

#259D8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.105 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259D8B
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, -36.30, 0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 36.30, 179.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.1049 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.105 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4778, 26.3692, 28.5897)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259D8B #9D2537

analogous

#259D4F #259D8B #25739D

triadic

#259D8B #8B259D #9D8B25

tetradic

#259D8B #4F259D #9D2537 #739D25

square

#259D8B #4F259D #9D2537 #739D25

split-complementary

#259D8B #9D2573 #9D4F25

monochromatic

#0E3A33 #196B5F #259D8B #31CEB7 #62DAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#259D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#259D8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259D8B

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259D8B	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)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86878D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.105 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baac',
    500: '#259d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259d8b;
$custom-light: #74baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62811,
    "c": 0.10493,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259D8B

secondary

#BF5E6D

accent

#435BE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259D8B

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

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