#259D8C#259D8C

#259D8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.104 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259D8C
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 140)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 0%, 10.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, -36.02, -0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 36.02, 180.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.1045 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.104 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5512, 26.3986, 28.9763)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259D8C #9D2536

analogous

#259D50 #259D8C #25729D

triadic

#259D8C #8C259D #9D8C25

tetradic

#259D8C #50259D #9D2536 #729D25

square

#259D8C #50259D #9D2536 #729D25

split-complementary

#259D8C #9D2572 #9D5025

monochromatic

#0E3A34 #196B60 #259D8C #31CEB8 #62DAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#259D8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#259D8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259D8C

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259D8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259D8C	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259d8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.104 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baad',
    500: '#259d8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259d8c;
$custom-light: #74baad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259d8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62843,
    "c": 0.10447,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259D8C

secondary

#BF5E6C

accent

#435AE5

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #259D8C

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

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